string
noun
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
stringlike
-
a word derived from
string.
Example Sentences
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The team thinks these worms’ movements can possibly help researchers program stringlike filaments in soft robotic systems to actively shape-shift.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2023
It was. he recalls, a black taffeta with puffy short sleeves, a full skirt and stringlike belt.
From Time Magazine Archive
In some versions, it proposes that what appear to us as particles are really stringlike loops that exist in a space-time with 10 dimensions.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mushrooms are aboveground appendages of the real organism, a tangled mass of stringlike tendrils that spread below the surface.
From Time Magazine Archive
Butterfly antennae are stringlike, with knobs at the ends.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
