Phrase Hound found 83 phrases and 70 compound words that contain thread. The most common are listed below. Open thread in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 83
- common threadA recurring characteristic or theme present in different events or areas.
- lose the threadTo get distracted and lose track of something (one's train of thought, a conversation).
- thread countA measure of the fineness of fabric; the total number of vertical and horizontal threads per unit of surface, such as a square inch.
- green threadA thread of execution that is scheduled by a virtual machine, not natively by the underlying operating system.
- thread-safeAlternative form of threadsafe: That can be safely accessed from multiple threads.
- thread of lifeA metaphor for a person’s lifespan, as generated by Clotho, measured out by Lachesis, and terminated by Atropos.
- screw threadA helical ridge formed around a cylinder, or a helical groove formed around the inner wall of a bore, used mostly on fasteners and their connection points.
- lost the threadsimple past and past participle of lose the thread
- gold-threadAlternative form of goldthread: Any of the genus Coptis of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Asia and North America.
- A Different Thread
- All-thread
- Digital thread
- E mail thread
- Life on a Thread
- M thread
- Open thread
- Program thread
- Project Thread
- Security thread
- Software thread
- T-thread
- The Project Thread
- Thread Books
- Thread City
- Thread form
Compound words 70
- thrillTo suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
- threadbareOf cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.
- threadlessWithout a thread.
- threadsafeThat can be safely accessed from multiple threads.
- threadfinAny of many fish of the family Polynemidae.
- subthreadA thread of execution that is subordinate to another thread.
- multithreadHaving multiple threads
- interthreadTo pass (strands of material) over and under one another to create a fabric; (by analogy) to weave long, narrow objects together.
- upthreadPreviously, or hierarchically higher, in a thread of discussion.
- threadyOf, resembling, or capable of forming a thread; filamentous.