BOWSTRING Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word bowstring. (close relations)
Definition of BOWSTRING
bowstrings
Best Alternative Words for BOWSTRING
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| cord | nounn | |||||||
noun • a line made of twisted fibers or threads • a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet • a light insulated conductor for household use • a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton verb • stack in cords • bind or tie with a cord | ||||||||
| filament | nounn | |||||||
noun • a very slender natural or synthetic fiber • the stalk of a stamen • a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) • a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current | ||||||||
| rope | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a strong line • street names for flunitrazepam verb • catch with a lasso • fasten with a rope | ||||||||
| string | nounn | |||||||
noun • a lightweight cord • stringed instruments that are played with a bow • a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket • a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding • a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.) • a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening • a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod) • (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop • a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand • a necklace made by stringing objects together verb • thread on or as if on a string • add as if on a string • move or come along • stretch out or arrange like a string • string together; tie or fasten with a string • remove the stringy parts of • provide with strings | ||||||||
| thread | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving • any long object resembling a thin line • the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together • the raised helical rib going around a screw verb • to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course • pass a thread through • remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string • pass through or into • thread on or as if on a string | ||||||||
