Usually means: Synthetic polymer, thermoplastic, silky material.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word nylon:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. nylon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nylon: Merriam-Webster
  3. nylon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nylon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nylon: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nylon: Vocabulary.com
  7. Nylon, nylon: Wordnik
  8. nylon: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. NYLON, nylon: Wiktionary
  10. nylon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. nylon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. nylon: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. nylon: Dictionary.com
  14. nylon: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. nylon: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. NyLon (concept), Nylon (Anna Vissi album), Nylon (album), Nylon (band), Nylon (disambiguation), Nylon (magazine), Nylon (material), Nylon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. nylon: Rhymezone
  18. Nylon (nt), nylon, nylon, nylon, nylon (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. nylon: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  20. nylon: FreeDictionary.org
  21. nylon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. nylon: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nylon: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Beading Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nylon (material), nylon: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nylon: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Nylon (material), nylon: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nylon: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. NYLON: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. Fabric Glossary (No longer online)
  3. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See nylons as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.
noun:  (in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.
noun:  (perjoratively, by comparison to silk) A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel who was appointed as a courtesy, rather than on merit.
noun:  (often attributively) New York-London, a reference to transatlantic life, people who spend time in both cities, or a transatlantic culture featuring both cities.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of NYLON [(often attributively) New York-London, a reference to transatlantic life, people who spend time in both cities, or a transatlantic culture featuring both cities.]

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