filamentlike
- adjective
- /ˈfɪləməntˌlaɪk/
- Under the microscope, the algae appeared filamentlike and stretched across the slide.
Examples
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The filamentlike strands of hair floated in the water.
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The spider produced a filamentlike silk to build its web.
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Researchers observed filamentlike structures in the tissue sample.
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The spider spun a filamentlike web in the corner of the room.
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Under the microscope, the algae appeared filamentlike and stretched across the slide.
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Researchers observed filamentlike structures in the tissue sample.
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The filamentlike strands of hair floated in the water.
Synonyms
Being thin and like a small string
Very thin and long like a single hair
Thin and long like a thread or hair
Thin and like a thread
A very thin shape like a thread
Shaped like a thin thread in parts of living things
Very thin and like a strand of hair
Having many tiny threads in body tissue
Having thin fibers in body tissue
How Threadlike
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Filamentlike comes from filament, which comes from the Latin filum meaning 'thread', plus the ending -like meaning 'similar to'. So, picture a tiny 'thread' — that's why filamentlike means thin and 'threadlike'.