Image: Wikimedia Commons

rope

Long, flexible, and strong object, usually round in shape, made of threads, strands, or filaments twisted or braided together

EntityQ31029

Subclass of: cord
, braid
, product

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibres, or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form. Ropes have high tensile strength and can be used for dragging and lifting. Rope is thicker and stronger than similarly constructed cord, string, and twine.

Overview

All data

63 statements · 13% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Earliest date: 26th millennium BCE
Made from material: polypropylene nature of statement: instances have exactly one value
natural fiber nature of statement: instances have exactly one value
metal
Fabrication method: plying nature of statement: mainly
braiding nature of statement: sometimes
Connects with: sheave nature of statement: sometimes
Members / parts: wire
filament
Has use: mechanical tension
physical restraint
decoration
Greater than: twine criterion used: diameter, ultimate tensile strength
Different from: string criterion used: construction

On other databases

39 identifiers linking rope across the web's reference databases

Data quality

statements

13%

externally sourced

Source last edited October 15, 2026. AIDB refreshes this page daily.

Suggest a fact or correction

Links

Use this data

curl https://aidb.si/api/v1/entities/Q31029

API docs, limits & keys

Cite this page

AIDB. (2026). rope (Q31029). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/rope-Q31029