1. Women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon, rayon or silk)
   "She put on a pair of nylons before heading to the office";
   - nylon stocking, rayons, rayon stocking, silk stocking

1. A group of synthetic fabrics, known generically as aliphatic polyamides
   "The durable nylon backpack withstood years of heavy use"
    
2. A thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers
   "The parachute was made of durable nylon fabric"

Type of: cloth, fabric, man-made fiber [US], man-made fibre [Brit, Cdn], material, polyamide, polymeric amide, stocking, synthetic fiber [US], synthetic fibre [Brit, Cdn], textile

Encyclopedia: Nylons