noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
woollen/cotton/nylon socks
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Cotton socks are better for your feet.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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Josie had given her a black nylon wallet for Christmas with a ten-pound note in it.
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Ladies wear color and luxe fabrics, trendies wear black and industrial nylon .
blue
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He wore white loafers, shiny blue nylon sweat pants, and a white golf shirt a size or two too small.
lightweight
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Taffeta Nylon: A closely woven lightweight nylon .
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Materials Caravan Technology: fine weave lightweight nylon .
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Trilobal: lightweight nylon with a shiny finish.
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Ultrasoft nylon: A very lightweight and super-soft nylon fabric used for Mountain Equipment's top range of sleeping bags.
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Materials: both inner and outer are lightweight Taffeta nylon .
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The innermost layer was designed for comfort and was made from lightweight nylon .
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This handy bag is made of a strong, lightweight nylon material.
■ NOUN
cord
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Push behind latches. 6 Hook up neckband on first row, push behind latches and remove waste and nylon cord .
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Replacing the nylon cord on the hood with shock cord would save the eyes getting a lashing in the wind.
membrane
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Samples were electrophoresed on 0.8% agarose gels and the size fractionated products transferred to nylon membranes using standard procedures.
mesh
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The upper is made from breathable nylon mesh with man-made leather reinforcements.
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I slid my leg between the cyclic and the front of the seat and lowered myself on to the nylon mesh .
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The upper is made from nylon mesh and a synthetic leather, with hytrel support straps at the forefoot.
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After filtration through a 50 µm nylon mesh nuclei were washed twice with phosphate buffered saline.
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She put her finger to the soaked nylon mesh .
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The inner is a mixture of breathable nylon mesh and nylon.
ripstop
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Painting in ripstop nylon has been taken to extremes by Tom Casselman.
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So, for starters, we actually have a six-piece sail to take advantage of the ripstop nylon .
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Both the inner and fly are made from strong ripstop nylon .
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The flysheet is made from Supalite 1.5oz ripstop nylon which is pu coated.
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Make sure it has been made with ripstop nylon and has good quality spars and reinforced pockets to receive them.
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The inner is made from ripstop nylon and is erected first.
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Flysheet fabric: proofed ripstop nylon .
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Inner fabric: ripstop nylon , coated with Scotchguard to help prevent the fabric from absorbing water.
■ VERB
make
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The upper is made from breathable nylon mesh with man-made leather reinforcements.
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The groundsheet is made from pu coated nylon and all the joining tapes are sealed.
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Both the inner and fly are made from strong ripstop nylon .
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The upper is made from nylon mesh and a synthetic leather, with hytrel support straps at the forefoot.
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Materials: the outer shell is made from proofed nylon and the lining from cotton giving just that little extra comfort.
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Make sure it has been made with ripstop nylon and has good quality spars and reinforced pockets to receive them.
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The inner is made from ripstop nylon and is erected first.
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The hi-tech waterproofs are made of tough nylon with Velcro fastenings and pockets.
use
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In the last 20 years they have been using invisible nylon gill nets half a mile long and more.
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He chose to use sailmakers' ripstop nylon and tapered fishing rod units in glass fibre.
wear
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She wore a nylon jacket to make the breakfast lest her clothes gets spattered before she went out to work.
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Amid the activities of people taking pictures, I also saw for the first time a woman wearing nylon stockings.
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She always wore a nylon apron.
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Ladies wear color and luxe fabrics, trendies wear black and industrial nylon .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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nylon thread
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a nylon backpack
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A nylon webbing strap is wrapped around the frame and is then tightened using a ratchet action of the clamp head.
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Another time Mrs Saulitis showed me a pair of nylon stockings, the first nylon stockings anyone had seen, anywhere.
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I put on a singlet and a pair of nylon running shorts.
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Pounces that involved physical contact with the nylon model were considered pseudo matings.
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The groundsheet is made from pu coated nylon and all the joining tapes are sealed.
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The upper is made from nylon mesh and a synthetic leather, with hytrel support straps at the forefoot.
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The upper is made from breathable nylon mesh with man-made leather reinforcements.
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This handy bag is made of a strong, lightweight nylon material.