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filament

 
Noun filament has 4 senses
  1. fibril, filament, strand - a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
    --1 is a kind of fiber, fibre
    --1 has particulars:
     barb; cobweb, gossamer; chromatid; myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle; rhizoid; hypha; paraphysis
  2. filament - the stalk of a stamen
    --2 is a kind of
    stalk, stem
  3. filament, filum - a threadlike anatomical structure or chainlike series of cells
    --3 is a kind of structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
    --3 has particulars: hair, pilus
  4. filament - a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
    --4 is a kind of
    wire, conducting wire
    --4 is a part of
     light bulb, lightbulb, bulb, incandescent lamp, electric light, electric-light bulb
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