strand, n.
(strands)
freq. cnt. 3
(strands)
freq. cnt. 3
a necklace made by stringing objects together
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
chain strand string
sample sentences
"a string of beads""a strand of pearls"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
strand
a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
strand
sample sentences
"he tried to pick up the strands of his former life""I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
<noun.object>
strand
semantic pointers
hypernym
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
<noun.substance>
fibril filament strand
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
hypernym