Usually means: Thickened spot in yarn, fabric.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. slub: Merriam-Webster
  2. slub, slub: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. slub: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. slub: Collins English Dictionary
  5. slub: Vocabulary.com
  6. slub: Wordnik
  7. slub: Wiktionary
  8. slub: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. slub: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. slub: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. slub: Dictionary.com
  12. SLUB (software), SLUB, Slub (knitting), Slub: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Slub: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. slub: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. slub: Rhymezone
  16. Slub: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. slub: FreeDictionary.org
  18. slub: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. slub: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. slub: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slub, slub: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

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

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Definitions from Wiktionary (slub)

▸ noun:  (countable) A small thickened portion or knot found on linen yarn, caused by defects.
▸ noun:  Fabric fiber produced by slubbing.
▸ verb:  To draw and twist fibers in order to prepare them for spinning.

Similar:
knot, burl, slubbings, sleave, knub, scob, slip, slash, slut's wool, slitch, more...

Opposite:
smooth, even, uniform, sleek, polished

Colors:
    ivory,     ecru,     taupe,     beige,     sand, more...

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Similar:
knot, burl, slubbings, sleave, knub, scob, slip, slash, slut's wool, slitch, more...

Opposite:
smooth, even, uniform, sleek, polished

Colors:
    ivory,     ecru,     taupe,     beige,     sand, more...



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