Usually means: Resembling a thin, elongated strand.
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  1. threadlike: Merriam-Webster
  2. threadlike: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. threadlike: Collins English Dictionary
  4. threadlike: Vocabulary.com
  5. threadlike: Wordnik
  6. threadlike: Wiktionary
  7. threadlike: Dictionary.com
  8. threadlike: Rhymezone
  9. threadlike: FreeDictionary.org
  10. threadlike: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. threadlike: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. threadlike: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (threadlike)

▸ adjective:  Having the form of a thread.
▸ adjective:  Resembling a thread in length or thinness.

Similar:
filamentlike, thready, filamentous, thin, filamentose, threadish, filiform, twiny, filaceous, twinelike, more...

Opposite:
thick, bulky, wide, broad, stout

Types:
filamentous, fibrillar, fibrous, filiform, strand, more...

Phrases:
threadlike filament, more...

Adjectives:
long, more, short, thin, small, body, numerous, slender, white, irregular, fine

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Similar:
filamentlike, thready, filamentous, thin, filamentose, threadish, filiform, twiny, filaceous, twinelike, more...

Opposite:
thick, bulky, wide, broad, stout

Types:
filamentous, fibrillar, fibrous, filiform, strand, more...

Phrases:
threadlike filament, more...

Adjectives:
long, more, short, thin, small, body, numerous, slender, white, irregular, fine



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