| Main Entry: | filament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thin strand |
Synonyms: |
fiber, hair, stalk, strand, tendril, thread, wire |
| Concept: | Filament. |
| Category: | 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS |
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-nouns
filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle, vein; hair, capillament, cilium, tendril, gossamer; hair stroke; veinlet, venula, venule., wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute., strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving., beard (roughness); ramification; strand.
-adjectives
filamentous, filamentiferous, filaceous, filiform; fibrous, fibrillous; thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy; capillary, capilliform; funicular, wire-drawn; anguilliform; flagelliform; hairy (rough); taeniate, taeniform, taenioid; venose, venous. [more]
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| Main Entry: | fiber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strand of material |
Synonyms: |
cilia, cord, fibril, filament, footlet, grain, grit, hair, shred, staple, string, strip, tendril, thread, tissue, tooth, vein, warp, web, woof |
| Main Entry: | hair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | threadlike growth on animate being |
Synonyms: |
beard, bristle, cilium, coiffure, cowlick, cut, down, eyebrow, eyelash, feeler, fiber, filament, fluff, fringe, frizzies, fur, grass, haircut, hairstyle, lock, mane, mop, moustache, quill, ruff, shock, sideburn, split ends, strand, thatch, tress, tuft, vibrissa, villus, whiskers, wig, wool |
| Notes: | hair is any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; a hare is a large, long-eared and long-legged rabbit; an heir is a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another |
| Main Entry: | line |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cord, rope |
Synonyms: |
cable, filament, strand, string, thread, wire |
| Main Entry: | strand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fine thread |
Synonyms: |
fiber, filament, length, lock, rope, string, tress |
Antonyms: |
hunk |
| Main Entry: | thread |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a fine strand of twisted fibers |
Synonyms: |
braid, cord, cotton, fiber, fibril, filament, floss, gossamer, hair, lisle, ribbon, strand, string, wire, wool, yarn |
| Main Entry: | whisker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | facial hair |
Synonyms: |
bristle, filament, hair |
| Main Entry: | thread |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fiber |
Synonyms: |
cord, cotton, filament, flax, floss, ligature, lint, lisle, pile, ravel, raveling, silk, stamen, staple, strand, string, thrum, twine, warp, weft, wire, woof, wool, yarn |
| Main Entry: | fiber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
capilliform, cilicious, fibrillous, fibrous, filaceous, filamentous, filar, filiform, fimbricate, flagelliform, funicular, magged, ropy, scopate, stringy, sutile, threadlike, towy, wire, xilinous
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