Usually means: Length of yarn or thread.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word skein:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. skein: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. skein: Merriam-Webster
  3. skein, skein: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. skein: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. skein: Collins English Dictionary
  6. skein: Vocabulary.com
  7. Skein, skein: Wordnik
  8. skein: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. skein: Wiktionary
  10. skein: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. skein: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. skein: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. skein: Dictionary.com
  14. skein: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Skein (comics), Skein (hash function), Skein (unit), Skein: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Skein: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. skein: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. skein: Rhymezone
  19. Skein: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. skein: FreeDictionary.org
  21. skein: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. skein: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. skein: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Skein: Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. SKEIN: Acronym Finder
  2. skein: A Word A Day
  3. skein: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)
  2. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. skein: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Composite Terms (No longer online)
  2. K & A glossary (No longer online)
  3. Popular Cross Stitch Terms (No longer online)
  4. Sandahl, Middle English Sea Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A quantity of yarn, thread, etc. put up together in an oblong shape, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel.
noun:  (figuratively) A web, a weave, a tangle.
noun:  (zoology) The membrane of a fish ovary.
noun:  (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
noun:  (zoology, UK, dialect, collective) A group of wild fowl (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
noun:  (sports) A winning streak.
noun:  (radio, television, dated) A series created by a web (major broadcasting network).
verb:  To wind or weave into a skein.

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