- threadlike
- adjective see thread I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
threadlike
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threadlike — adjective having the form of a thread … Wiktionary
threadlike — Synonyms and related words: airy, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, capillary, cirrose, cirrous, delicate, diaphanous, diluted, ethereal, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, fine, fine drawn, finespun, flagelliform, flimsy, flossy, frail, funicular, gauzy,… … Moby Thesaurus
threadlike — adj. very thin, fine, resembling a thread … English contemporary dictionary
threadlike — adj thready, fibrous, filamentous, fibri form, piliform, fibrillar, fibrilliform; stringy, wiry, ropy, attenuated, drawn out; fine, thin, slender, narrow; winding, twisting, meandering, circuitous, tortuous, sinuous … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
threadlike — Aweawe, nāwele, hilo … English-Hawaiian dictionary
threadlike — adjective thin in diameter; resembling a thread • Syn: ↑filamentous, ↑filiform, ↑filamentlike, ↑thready • Similar to: ↑thin • Derivationally related forms: ↑thread … Useful english dictionary
render threadlike — index attenuate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
carbon fiber — Threadlike strands of pure carbon that are strong and flexible. Carbon fiber can be bound in a plastic resin matrix to form a strong composite. It is light weight and stronger than steel. Can also be spelled carbon fibre … Dictionary of automotive terms
Spanish moss — an epiphytic plant, Tillandsia usneoides, of the southern U.S., having narrow, grayish leaves and growing in long festoons that drape the branches of trees. [1815 25, Amer.] * * * Epiphyte (Tillandsia usneoides) in the pineapple family, found in… … Universalium
fiber — [fī′bər] n. [Fr fibre < L fibra, akin to filum, thread: see FILE1] 1. a) a slender, threadlike structure that combines with others to form animal or vegetable tissue b) the tissue so formed [muscle fiber] 2. a slender, threadlike structure… … English World dictionary
