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An insulating material, made from fiberglass, arranged into a texture similar to wool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
glass fibers spun and massed into bundles resembling wool
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: filter, insulator, dielectric, nonconductor
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
صُوف زُجَاجِيّ
(ṣūf zujājiyy)
— insulating material
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Belarusian:
шклава́та
(šklaváta)
— insulating material
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Bulgarian:
стъ́клена ва́та
(stǎ́klena váta)
— insulating material
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Catalan:
llana de vidre
— insulating material
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Chinese Mandarin:
玻璃棉
(bōlímián)
— insulating material
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Czech:
skelná vata
— insulating material
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Dutch:
glaswol
— insulating material
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Esperanto:
vitrolano
— insulating material
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Estonian:
klaasvatt
— insulating material
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Estonian:
klaasvill
— insulating material
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Finnish:
lasivilla
— insulating material
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French:
laine de verre
— insulating material
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German:
Glaswolle
— insulating material
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Greek:
υαλοβάμβακας
(yalovámvakas)
— insulating material
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Hungarian:
üveggyapot
— insulating material
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Italian:
lana di vetro
— insulating material
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Japanese:
グラスウール
(gurasu ūru)
— insulating material
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Korean:
유리 솜
(yuri som)
— insulating material
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Korean:
글라스 울
(geullaseu ul)
— insulating material
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Lithuanian:
stiklo vata
— insulating material
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Persian:
پشم شیشه
(pašm-e šiše)
— insulating material
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Polish:
wełna szklana
— insulating material
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Portuguese:
lã de vidro
— insulating material
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Romanian:
vată de sticlă
— insulating material
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Russian:
стеклова́та
(steklováta)
— insulating material
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Slovak:
sklená vata
— insulating material
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Slovene:
steklena volna
— insulating material
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Spanish:
lana de vidrio
— insulating material
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Turkish:
cam yünü
— insulating material
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Ukrainian:
склова́та
(sklováta)
— insulating material