Polyglot Dictionary

distaff

/ˈdɪstæf/

noun C1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
distaffs

Meaning

  1. rueca

    • She wound the wool around the distaff.

      Enrolló la lana alrededor de la rueca.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

spinning wheel

A distaff is just the simple staff that holds unspun fiber; a spinning wheel is the whole foot-pedal-driven mechanical device for spinning thread.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa distaff?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: She wound the wool around the ___.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a distaff?

noun

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