thimble
noun
a small cap, usually of metal, worn over the fingertip to protect it when pushing a needle through cloth in sewing.
thimbles
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pluralof thimble.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I passed out thimbles of sake I brought to share and noticed a woman sitting next to Alex.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
Musicians shouted and whispered in addition to playing their instruments, from which they drew eerie sounds by bowing on the underside of the strings and wearing thimbles on their fingers.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2022
The pasta customarily used to make the beloved Italian soup pasta e fagioli is ditalini, which roughly translates to "little thimbles."
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2022
They also recorded snap times when fingers were covered in various materials, such as thimbles, latex gloves, or lotion, to study the role of friction.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 16, 2021
We have all sorts of uses for thimbles.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
