Definition of Filamentlike

1. Adjective. Thin in diameter; resembling a thread.

Exact synonyms: Filamentous, Filiform, Threadlike, Thready
Similar to: Thin
Derivative terms: Filament, Thread

Definition of Filamentlike

1. Adjective. Resembling or characteristic of a filament. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filamentlike

filagreed
filagreeing
filagrees
filamen
filament
filament-nonfilament count
filament polymorphonuclear leukocyte
filamentary
filamentary keratitis
filamentary keratopathy
filamentation
filamentations
filamented
filamentiferous
filamentless
filamentlike (current term)
filamentoid
filamentose
filamentous
filamentous bacteriophage
filamentous colony
filaments
filamentum
filamin
filander
filanders
filapodial
filar
filar eyepiece

Literary usage of Filamentlike

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fertilizer Resources of the United States by United States Dept. of Agriculture, Frank Kenneth Cameron, United States Bureau of Soils (1912)
"A third variety is long, filamentlike, and branched, while the fourth is modified into elongate ovoidal or ellipsoidal ..."

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