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NYLON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A synthetic fabric

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("nylon" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("nylon" is a kind of...):

man-made fiber; synthetic fiber (fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes)

polyamide; polymeric amide (a polymer containing repeated amide groups)

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