CAPILLARY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a tube of small internal diameter
   • holds liquid by capillary action
   Synonym(s)
   • capillary tube (what does capillary tube mean?)
   • capillary tubing (what does capillary tubing mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) capillary is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • tube (what does tube mean?)
   • tubing (what does tubing mean?)
2. Meaning
   • any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
   Synonym(s)
   • capillary vessel (what does capillary vessel mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) capillary is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • blood vessel (what does blood vessel mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • glomerulus (what does glomerulus mean?)
   • tomentum (what does tomentum mean?)
   • tomentum cerebri (what does tomentum cerebri mean?)

CAPILLARY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • long and slender with a very small internal diameter
   Synonym(s)
   • hairlike (what does hairlike mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a capillary tube
   Similar To
   • thin (what does thin mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of or relating to hair
   Pertainym(s)
   • hair (what does hair mean?)