white thread

collocation in English

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white
adjective
uk
/waɪt/us
/waɪt/
of a colour like that of snow, milk, ...
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thread
noun
uk
/θred/us
/θred/
(a length of) a very ...
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(Definition ofwhiteandthreadfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Sometimes yellowish "muga" silk was also used in addition to thewhitethread.
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Its border and wording in the middle was embroidered with silver orwhitethread.
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A 70100 cm longwhitethreadis used for sewing.
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Whitethreadis embroidered on cool, pastel shades of light muslin and cotton garments.
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Mainly it is made my white pearls andwhitethreadand is known to be holy.
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Thewhitethreadrepresents peace and tranquility, while the red one stands for the cycles of life.
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Then the intestine is cut in pieces 20 25 cm long, which are bound together withwhitethread, forming rings.
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But, nowadays it is mostly served by farshan shops in a paper which is wrapped by a newspaper and then tied by awhitethread.
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The leaves are picked at a certain time of the year and are then specially processed to produce a thin,whitethread.
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Major diseases are the cassava mosaic disease and cassava bacterial blight, which have the greatest economic impact, cassava brown leaf spot, cassava anthracnose, andwhitethreadfungus.
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The nest is covered with moss, lichens and awhitethread-like fungus which is said to be distinctive.
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End-on-end is typically woven usingwhitethreadwith another color to create a fabric with a subtly heathered texture that, from a distance, appears as a solid color.
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Thewhitethreadis symbolic of peace, harmony, good fortune, good health and human warmth and community.
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While the white threads are to be made of the material of the garment, the tekhelet-dyed thread must be made of wool.
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The hyphae are generally transparent, so the mycelium appears like very fine, fluffy white threads over the surface.
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The midwife then presents the woman with a bunch of geraniums tied with red and white threads.
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Other common colors are black, blue, red, purple and green along occasional white threads which appear as flecks in the final product.
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Boogers, which indicate internal damage to the kern, appear as tufts of white threads poking out from the mantle.
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