hank

madeja

Conjunto de hilo, lana o cuerda enrollado en vueltas sueltas.

En inglés sencillo: A length of thread, wool, or rope wound into a loose bundle of loops.

• She bought a hank of wool.
• Two hanks of yarn lay beside her needles.
• He unwound the hank of rope carefully.

Cómo se usa: a hank of something (I need another hank of cotton yarn.)

Sinónimos: skein, coil

Expresiones frecuentes: hank of yarn, hank of rope

duda, dificultad

Duda o dificultad que hace que algo sea incierto o difícil de realizar.

En inglés sencillo: A doubt or difficulty that makes something uncertain or hard to do.

• A hank remained in his mind.
• They faced a hank in settling the matter.
• She resolved the last hank before proceeding.

Sinónimos: doubt, difficulty

Expresiones frecuentes: a troublesome hank, a lingering hank

enredo, maraña

Masa desordenada de cosas retorcidas o mezcladas entre sí.

En inglés sencillo: A confused mass of things twisted or mixed together.

• The thread was a hank.
• He pulled at the tangled hank of rope.
• She spent an hour sorting out the hank.

Sinónimos: tangle, mess

Expresiones frecuentes: a tangled hank, hank of thread

atadura

Trozo de cuerda o rama flexible que mantiene cerrada una puerta de cerca.

En inglés sencillo: A piece of rope or a flexible branch used to hold a gate shut.

• He tied the gate with a hank.
• The old hank broke in the wind.
• She replaced the hank before the cattle escaped.

Expresiones frecuentes: gate hank, a rope hank

hacer madejas

Enrollar hilo, lana o cuerda en conjuntos de vueltas sueltas.

En inglés sencillo: To wind thread, wool, or rope into loose bundles of loops.

• She hanked the yarn.
• We hank the wool before dyeing it.
• He carefully hanked each length of thread.

Expresiones frecuentes: hank the yarn, hank the wool