Meaning

2 senses
  1. (UK, uncountable, usually)Silica based glass extruded into fibers that possess a length at least 1000 times greater than their width.

    Glasfaser, Glasfasern

    стекловолокно́steklovoloknó

    скловолокно́sklovoloknó

  2. (UK, ellipsis, uncountable, usually)A composite material made from fine fibres of spun glass held together with resin.

    Glasfaserverstärkter Kunststoff, GFK, Fiberglas

    стеклопла́стикstekloplástik, фибергла́сfiberglás

    a covering material made of glass fibers in resins

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Hirofumi installed fibreglass insulation in the ceiling.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
glass extruded into fibers:
Русский
By meaning 2
glass extruded into fibers:
composite material:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
glass extruded into fibers:
composite material:

Origin

Compound of fibre + glass.

Compound of fibre + glass.

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Forms

plural: fibreglasses

Synonyms

9 synonyms
glass fibreglass woolglass fiberfibreglass woolfiberglass woolglass-reinforced plasticfibreglass-reinforced plasticfiberglass-reinforced plastic
Close in meaning
  • a covering material made of glass fibers in resins:fiberglass

Word family

1 related words

See also

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