draad

Definitions of draad
  1. noun
    a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
    synonyms: garen
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    katoen
    thread made of cotton fibers
    borduurzij, borduurzijde, fleuret, floss, floszijde, tandzijde, vlos, vloszijde
    a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth
    borduurzij, borduurzijde, fleuret, vlos, vloszijde
    a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery
    poolweefsel
    the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
    hechtdraad, hechting
    thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together
    brokaat, engelenhaar, glamour, klatergoud
    a thread with glittering metal foil attached
    breedtedraad, inslag, schietdraad
    the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
    kamgaren
    a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool
    fil d'écosse
    a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton)
    type of:
    koord, streng
    a line made of twisted fibers or threads
  2. noun
    a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
    synonyms: elektriciteitskabel, ijzerdraad, kabel, leiding
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    klopboor, slagboor, slagboormachine, springer, startkabel
    a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
    telefoondraad
    the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals
    type of:
    conductor, geleider
    a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
  3. noun
    a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
    synonyms: fiber, fibril, filament, vezel, vezelstof
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    oesterbaard
    tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
    baardhaar
    a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
    glasdraad, glaswol
    a very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images
    zenuwvezel
    a threadlike extension of a nerve cell
    kokos, kokosvezel
    stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut
    raffia
    fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets
    baard, baardhaar
    one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
    herfstdraad, kobbenet, net, netdraad, rag, spinnenweb, spinneweb, spinrag, spinseldraad, web
    filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
    effector
    a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion
    axon, neuriet
    long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
    dendriet
    short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron
    schimmeldraad
    any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus
    acrylvezel
    polymerized from acrylonitrile
    nylon
    a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers
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    materiaal
    the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
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