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filament
 [fil-uh-muhnt] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thin strand |
| Synonyms: | fiber, hair, stalk, strand, tendril, thread, wire |
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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 |
Example Sentences
- In office lobbies, churches, hotels and performance halls he dangled shimmering metal rods from webs of filament.
- They could refuse to light up for no apparent reason, because of some infinitesimal rupture in the filament.
- Salvaged wood and filament light bulbs sound about right.
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| 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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