glass fibre
A strong plastic, textile, or other material containing embedded glass filaments for…A strong plastic, textile, or other material containing embedded glass filaments for reinforcement.
Meaning
1 senses(UK, uncountable)A strong plastic, textile, or other material containing embedded glass filaments for reinforcement.
More definitions
- a very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images
Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- a very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images:optical fiberglass fiberoptical fibre
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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