filament

filament
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
Threadlike fiber
Nouns
1. filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle, vein, hair, capillament, capillary, cilium, tendril, gossamer; hairline.
2. string, chord, thread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist; whipcord, tape, ribbon, strap, strand, cord, rope, lariat, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute.
3. strip, shred, list, band, fillet, ribbon; lath, splinter, shiver, shaving; cable, wire.
4. spinning wheel, [spinning] jenny, mule.
Verbs — roll, spin, shred; braid.
Adjectives — filamentous, filaceous, filar, filiform; fibrous, fibrilous; threadlike, wiry, stringy, ropy; capillary, capilliform; funicular, wire-drawn; anguilliform; flagelliform; hairy, ciliate; gossamer.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. wire, tendril, thread; see fiber 1 .
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A very fine continuous strand: fiber, fibril, thread. See THING.

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