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Definition of twine noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

twine

noun

/twaɪn/

/twaɪn/

[uncountable]

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strong string that has two or more strands (= single thin pieces of string) twisted together
Word OriginOld English twīn ‘thread, linen’, from the Germanic base of twi- ‘two’; related to Dutch twijn.

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