skein[noun]Synonyms: maze, jungle, knot, labyrinth, mesh, mizmaze, morass, snarl, tangle, web
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
skein /skeɪn/
noun [countable][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Old French;
Origin: escaigne]
1. a long loosely wound piece of thread, wool, or
yarn2. literary a complicated series of things that are related to each other
Synonym : web:
a skein of lies [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲