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Silica based glass extruded into fibers that possess a length at least 1000 times greater than their width.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Ellipsis of fibreglass wool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A composite material made from fine fibres of spun glass held together with resin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, ellipsis, uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
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To apply fibreglass to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Examples
- to fibreglass the hull of a fishing boat
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a covering material made of glass fibers in resins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fiberglass
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: covering material
Compound of fibre + glass.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
фибростъкло
(fibrostǎklo)
— glass extruded into fibers
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Chinese Mandarin:
玻璃纖維 /玻璃纤维
(bōlixiānwéi)
— glass extruded into fibers
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Dutch:
glasvezel
— glass extruded into fibers
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Finnish:
lasikuitu
— glass extruded into fibers
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German:
Glasfaser
— glass extruded into fibers
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German:
Glasfasern
— glass extruded into fibers
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Greek:
υαλοΐνα
(yaloḯna)
— glass extruded into fibers
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Hungarian:
üvegszál
— glass extruded into fibers
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Icelandic:
glertrefjar
— glass extruded into fibers
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Icelandic:
spunagler
— glass extruded into fibers
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Korean:
유리면
(yurimyeon)
— glass extruded into fibers
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Māori:
kakakōata
— glass extruded into fibers
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Polish:
włókno szklane
— glass extruded into fibers
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Russian:
стекловолокно́
(steklovoloknó)
— glass extruded into fibers
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Spanish:
fibra de vidrio
— glass extruded into fibers
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Ukrainian:
скловолокно́
(sklovoloknó)
— glass extruded into fibers
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Bulgarian:
стъклопласт
(stǎkloplast)
— composite material
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Chinese Mandarin:
玻璃鋼 /玻璃钢
(bōlígāng)
— composite material
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Danish:
glasfiber
— composite material
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Danish:
fiberglass
— composite material
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Dutch:
glasvezel
— composite material
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Finnish:
lasikuitu
— composite material
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French:
plastique à renfort de verre
— composite material
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German:
Glasfaserverstärkter Kunststoff
— composite material
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German:
GFK
— composite material
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German:
Fiberglas
— composite material
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Gujarati:
તંતુકાચ
(tantukāc)
— composite material
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Hebrew:
פיברלגס
(fíberglas)
— composite material
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Hungarian:
üvegszál-erősítésű műanyag
— composite material
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Icelandic:
trefjagler
— composite material
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Khmer:
សរសៃកញ្ចក់
(sɑɑ say kɑɑkɑñcɑk)
— composite material
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Norwegian Bokmål:
glassfiber
— composite material
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Norwegian Bokmål:
fiberglass
— composite material
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
glasfiber
— composite material
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
fiberglas
— composite material
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Polish:
włókno szklane
— composite material
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Russian:
стеклопла́стик
(stekloplástik)
— composite material
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Russian:
фибергла́с
(fiberglás)
— composite material
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Spanish:
plástico reforzado con fibra de vidrio
— composite material
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Spanish:
plástico reforzado con vidrio
— composite material
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Tamil:
கண்ணாடியிழை
(kaṇṇāṭiyiḻai)
— composite material
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Thai:
ใยแก้ว
(yai-gɛ̂ɛo)
— composite material
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Turkish:
fiberglas
— composite material
