nylon

1370

nylon /'nailrcn; NAmE -la:n/ noun 1 [U] a very strong arti­ficial material, used for making clothes, rope, brushes, etc. JEM: a nylon fishing line JEM¥\0 This material is 45% nylon, & # Jtf #4 ^ 45% $} JEM a 2 nylons [pi.] (old-fashioned) women’s stockings or tights/ pantyhose made of nylon (        ) JEMfcW, JEMJ&

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nymph /mmf/ noun 1 (in ancient Greek and Roman stories) a spirit of nature in the form of a young woman, that lives in rivers, woods, etc. ( "£#$0, *$? £} -T lb ^ /Jc # W ) fiij/t 2 (biology £) a young

insect that has a body form which compares with that of the adult & ( £9 & & $ U fa & &ft ) : a dragonfly nymph

nymph-et /'mmfet; mm'fet/ noun a young girl who is very sexually attractive    ft) '>£

nymphomaniac /.mmfa'meiniaek/ (also informal nympho /'mmfau; NAmE -fou/ pi. -os) noun (disap­proving) a woman who has, or wants to have, sex very often   $E nym-pho-mania noun [U]

NYSE /,en wai es ’i:/ abbr. New York Stock Exchange

NZ (BrE) (also N.Z. NAmE, BrE) abbr. New Zealand Iffffl