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 Definitions of Nylon  [ˈnaɪ lɒn]  

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Definition of 'Nylon' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) nylon
any of a class of thermoplastic polyamides capable of extrusion when molten into fibers, sheets, etc., of extreme toughness, strength, and elasticity: used esp. for yarn, fabrics, and bristles.

2.  nylon
nylons, stockings made of nylon, esp. sheer ones.

Etymology:  (1938; coined as a generic by the du Pont Chemical Co.)

Definition of 'Nylon' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) nylon
a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers

2. (noun) nylon
a synthetic fabric


Definition of 'Nylon' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) nylon
a strong artificial material used to make clothing, rope, etc.


Translation of 'Nylon' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of) a type of material made from chemicals and used for clothes, ropes, brushes etc
a nylon shirt.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: nylon Arabic flag Arabic: نايْلون Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: найлон
Brazilian flag Brazilian: náilon Czech flag Czech: nylon; nylonový German flag German: das Nylon
Danish flag Danish: nylon; nylon- Greek flag Greek: νάιλον Spanish flag Spanish: (de) nilón/nailon
Estonian flag Estonian: nailon Farsi flag Farsi: نايلون Finnish flag Finnish: nailon
French flag French: (de/en) nylon Hebrew flag Hebrew: נַיילוֹן Hindi flag Hindi: नाईलॉन
Croatian flag Croatian: najlon Hungarian flag Hungarian: nejlon Indonesian flag Indonesian: nilon
Icelandic flag Icelandic: nælon Italian flag Italian: nylon; di nylon Japanese flag Japanese: ナイロン
Korean flag Korean: 나일론 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nailonas Latvian flag Latvian: neilons
Malay flag Malay: nilon Dutch flag Dutch: nylon Norwegian flag Norwegian: nylon
Polish flag Polish: nylon Persian flag Persian: نايلون Pashto flag Pashto: نايلون
Portuguese flag Portuguese: nylon Romanian flag Romanian: (de/din) nai­lon Russian flag Russian: нейлон; нейлоновый
Slovak flag Slovak: nylon; nylonový Slovenian flag Slovenian: najlon Serbian flag Serbian: najlon
Swedish flag Swedish: nylon Thai flag Thai: เส้นใยไนล่อน Turkish flag Turkish: naylonçorap
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 尼龍(的) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: нейлон; нейлоновий Urdu flag Urdu: نائلون، کپڑے ميں استعمال
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ni lông Chinese flag Chinese: 尼龙(的)

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