FILAMENT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
   Hypernyms(s) filament is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • wire (what does wire mean?)
   • conducting wire (what does conducting wire mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a threadlike anatomical structure or chainlike series of cells
   Synonym(s)
   • filum (what does filum mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) filament is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • structure (what does structure mean?)
   • anatomical structure (what does anatomical structure mean?)
   • complex body part (what does complex body part mean?)
   • bodily structure (what does bodily structure mean?)
   • body structure (what does body structure mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • hair (what does hair mean?)
   • pilus (what does pilus mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the stalk of a stamen
   Hypernyms(s) filament is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • stalk (what does stalk mean?)
   • stem (what does stem mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
   Synonym(s)
   • fibril (what does fibril mean?)
   • strand (what does strand mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) filament is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fiber (what does fiber mean?)
   • fibre (what does fibre mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • barb (what does barb mean?)
   • cobweb (what does cobweb mean?)
   • gossamer (what does gossamer mean?)
   • chromatid (what does chromatid mean?)
   • myofibril (what does myofibril mean?)
   • myofibrilla (what does myofibrilla mean?)
   • sarcostyle (what does sarcostyle mean?)
   • rhizoid (what does rhizoid mean?)
   • hypha (what does hypha mean?)
   • paraphysis (what does paraphysis mean?)