1 [U] a very strong artificial material, used for making clothes, rope, brushes, etc:
a nylon fishing line * This material is 45% nylon.
2 (nylons) [pl.] (old-fashioned) women's STOCKINGS or TIGHTS/PANTYHOSE made of nylon
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