wire
noun
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
wirelike
-
a word derived from
wire.
Example Sentences
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Its 100 billion neurons are connected by 100 trillion wirelike fibers, all squeezed into three pounds of squishy flesh lodged below a helmet of skull.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 16, 2022
When the weather warms up, the rosette rises up and expands, and from its center emerges a wirelike stem dressed in silver hairs.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2018
The albino scurried in and out, bringing more things: wirelike extensions, stringy and endless.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
With his hand he swept up the little caps and the long, wirelike threads that held them and sniffed the handful curiously.
From The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Elliott
And she held out a gauntleted hand, the clasp of which corroborated the suggestion of wirelike strength in that lithely straight body.
From Then I'll Come Back to You by Larry Evans
