filament
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- filamentous derivation
Sense 2 noun
the stalk of a stamen
Types & categories
- stalk hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
Types & categories
- anatomical structure hypernym
- pilus hyponym
Related & opposite
- filar derivation
Sense 4 noun
a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
Types & categories
- conducting wire hypernym
Parts & wholes
- light bulb part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | filamentous |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fiber |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | barb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cobweb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chromatid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | myofibril |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rhizoid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypha |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paraphysis |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | stalk |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | filar |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | anatomical structure |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pilus |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | light bulb |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | conducting wire |