multifilament

noun

mul·​ti·​fil·​a·​ment ˌməl-tē-ˈfi-lə-mənt 

-ˌtī-

plural multifilaments

: a string, thread, etc. composed of multiple filaments (as of nylon) that are usually bonded or twisted together

A number of [tennis] players, like yourself, prefer … multifilaments to monofilaments … in part because multifilaments are much more pliant and yield a softer feel on impact.

—Justin diFeliciantonio

He also said Minnesota uses a white-tinged multifilament netting material that could be more visible to walleyes than monofilament nets used by fisheries manager on other big walleye lakes.

—Tony Kennedy

compare monofilament

Examples of multifilament in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tennis strings come in three main categories: natural gut, multifilament, which is synthetic but made up of thousands of fibres woven together per string, and polyester, which is a single fibre per string. —Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 11 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for multifilament

• monofilament
• filament