THREADLIKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does threadlike mean? 

• THREADLIKE (adjective)
  The adjective THREADLIKE has 1 sense:

1. thin in diameter; resembling a thread

  Familiarity information: THREADLIKE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THREADLIKE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thin in diameter; resembling a thread

Synonyms:

filamentlike; filamentous; filiform; threadlike; thready

Similar:

thin (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section)

 Context examples 

Any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus.

(Hypha, NCI Thesaurus)

In the body, fiber refers to tissue made of long threadlike cells, such as muscle fiber or nerve fiber.

(Dietary Fiber, NCI Dictionary)

A measurement of the Cabot rings (red-purple staining, threadlike, ring or figure 8 shaped filaments in an erythrocyte) in a biological specimen.

(Cabot Ring Count, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)