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NYLON
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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:
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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