Orlon

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noun

a synthetic fibre used in yarn and knitwear

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Meanings

nounOrlon (uncountable)
  1. uncountablea synthetic fibre used in yarn and knitwear

    1971: This garish, deep orlon-carpeted lobby of the Desert Inn seemed an inappropriate place to be haggling about nickel/dime bribes for the parking lot attendant. — Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Harper Perennial 2005, p. 44)

Origin

From orl- (perhaps after Orleans) + -on (compare nylon, rayon, developed by the same company).

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Translations

Catalan orló
  • orlósynthetic fibre
French orlon
  • orlonsynthetic fibre
Korean 올론
  • 올론 (ollon)synthetic fibre
Turkish orlon
  • orlonsynthetic fibre

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Rolon
Cite this entry
APA

Orlon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Orlon

MLA

“Orlon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Orlon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Orlon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Orlon.

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