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A tangled mess; an entanglement, a snarl, a tangle. / (figuratively) A confusing, intricate, or perplexing situation; a complication.

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ravel

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Source Word

ravel

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɹævl̩/

figuratively also

A tangled mess; an entanglement, a snarl, a tangle. / (figuratively) A confusing, intricate, or perplexing situation; a complication.

Japanese Meaning

絡まり、からまり合った状態。 / 複雑で混乱した、困難な状況。

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He spent the afternoon untangling the ravel of cables behind the computer.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼はコンピューターの後ろにあるコードのもつれをほどくのに午後を費やした。

Sense（1）

A tangled mess; an entanglement, a snarl, a tangle.

Mr. Urquhart was in sic a ravel after it that when he gies out the first line o' the hunder and nineteenth psalm for singing, says he, 'And so on to the end.'

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

(figuratively) A confusing, intricate, or perplexing situation; a complication.

Sense（3）

ravels

（ plural ）

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