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nylons

nylons is the plural of nylon.

Meaning of nylon

Noun

nylon (countable and uncountable, plural nylons)

  1. 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.
  2. (in plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.
    • I tore a hole in my nylons while walking home through the woods.
  3. (by comparison to silk) A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel who was appointed as a courtesy, rather than on merit.

See all 4 meanings of nylon

Noun

nylons pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) stockings made from nylon
    • She sheathed her legs in the sheerest of the nylons that her father had brought back from the Continent, and slipped her feet into the toeless, high-heeled shoes of black suède.1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 17, in The Subtle Minotaur

Questions about nylons

What does nylons mean?
Nylons means stockings made from nylon.
What is nylons the plural of?
Nylons is the plural of nylon.
What part of speech is nylons?
Nylons is a noun.

Words near nylons in the dictionary

  1. nylon-string guitars
  2. nylonase
  3. nyloned
  4. Nylonkong
  5. nylonless
  6. nylons
  7. Nyls
  8. NYLT
  9. Nylund
  10. Nylunds
  11. nym

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