"fibreglass" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfaɪbəɡlɑːs/ [UK] Forms: fibreglasses [plural]
Etymology: Compound of fibre + glass. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|fibre|glass}} Compound of fibre + glass Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} fibreglass (usually uncountable, plural fibreglasses)
  1. Silica based glass extruded into fibers that possess a length at least 1000 times greater than their width. Tags: UK, uncountable, usually Translations (glass extruded into fibers): фибростъкло (fibrostǎklo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 玻璃纖維 (Chinese Mandarin), 玻璃纤维 (bōlixiānwéi) (Chinese Mandarin), glasvezel [feminine] (Dutch), lasikuitu (Finnish), Glasfaser [feminine] (German), Glasfasern [feminine, plural] (German), υαλοΐνα (yaloḯna) [feminine] (Greek), üvegszál (Hungarian), glertrefjar [feminine, plural] (Icelandic), spunagler [neuter] (Icelandic), 유리면 (yurimyeon) (Korean), стекловолокно́ (steklovoloknó) [neuter] (Russian), fibra de vidrio [feminine] (Spanish), скловолокно́ (sklovoloknó) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fibreglass-en-noun-en:thin_strand_of_glass Categories (other): Terms with Danish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 42 2 50 6 Disambiguation of 'glass extruded into fibers': 77 1 22
  2. Ellipsis of fibreglass wool. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: fibreglass wool
    Sense id: en-fibreglass-en-noun-en:fibreglass_wool__elliptically
  3. (ellipsis) A composite material made from fine fibres of spun glass held together with resin. Tags: UK, ellipsis, uncountable, usually Translations (composite material): стъклопласт (stǎkloplast) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 玻璃鋼 (Chinese Mandarin), 玻璃钢 (bōlígāng) (Chinese Mandarin), glasfiber [common-gender] (Danish), fiberglass [neuter] (Danish), glasvezel [feminine] (Dutch), lasikuitu (Finnish), plastique à renfort de verre [masculine] (French), Glasfaserverstärkter Kunststoff [masculine] (German), GFK [masculine] (German), Fiberglas [neuter] (German), તંતુકાચ (tantukāc) [masculine] (Gujarati), פיברלגס (fíberglas) [masculine] (Hebrew), üvegszál-erősítésű műanyag (Hungarian), trefjagler [neuter] (Icelandic), សរសៃកញ្ចក់ (sɑɑ say kɑɑkɑñcɑk) (Khmer), glassfiber [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fiberglass [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), glasfiber [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fiberglas [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), стеклопла́стик (stekloplástik) [masculine] (Russian), фибергла́с (fiberglás) [masculine] (Russian), plástico reforzado con fibra de vidrio [masculine] (Spanish), plástico reforzado con vidrio [masculine] (Spanish), ใยแก้ว (yai-gɛ̂ɛo) (Thai), fiberglas (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: glass fibre, glass fiber, fibreglass wool, fiberglass wool, glass wool, glass-reinforced plastic, fibreglass-reinforced plastic, fiberglass-reinforced plastic, fiberglass [US] Related terms: glass fibre (english: a strand), glass fiber (english: a strand)

Verb

IPA: /ˈfaɪbəɡlɑːs/ [UK] Forms: fibreglasses [present, singular, third-person], fibreglassing [participle, present], fibreglassed [participle, past], fibreglassed [past]
Etymology: Compound of fibre + glass. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|fibre|glass}} Compound of fibre + glass Head templates: {{en-verb}} fibreglass (third-person singular simple present fibreglasses, present participle fibreglassing, simple past and past participle fibreglassed)
  1. To apply fibreglass to. Synonyms: glass
    Sense id: en-fibreglass-en-verb-gBZJTh4k
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fiberglass [US]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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