fibreglass

fibreglass

English

Alternative forms

• fiberglass (US)

Etymology

From fibre +‎ glass.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪbəɡlɑːs/
• Hyphenation: fi‧bre‧glass

Noun

fibreglass (usually uncountable, plural fibreglasses) (British spelling)

1. Silica based glass extruded into fibers that possess a length at least 1000 times greater than their width.
2. Ellipsis of fibreglass wool.
3. A composite material made from fine fibres of spun glass held together with resin.

Synonyms

(silica glass fibre (material)):

• glass fibre / glass fiber

(wool):

• fibreglass wool / fiberglass wool
• glass wool

(composite):

• glass-reinforced plastic
• fibreglass-reinforced plastic / fiberglass-reinforced plastic

Related terms

• glass fibre / glass fiber (a strand)

Translations

glass extruded into fibers

Bulgarian: фибростъкло n (fibrostǎklo) Chinese: Mandarin: 玻璃纖維／玻璃纤维 (zh) (bōlixiānwéi) Dutch: glasvezel (nl) f Finnish: lasikuitu (fi) German: Glasfaser (de) f, Glasfasern (de) f pl Greek: υαλοΐνα f (yaloḯna) Hungarian: üvegszál (hu) Icelandic: glertrefjar f pl, spunagler n Korean: 유리면 (yurimyeon) Russian: стекловолокно́ (ru) n (steklovoloknó) Spanish: fibra de vidrio f

composite material

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: стъклопласт m (stǎkloplast) Chinese: Mandarin: 玻璃鋼／玻璃钢 (zh) (bōlígāng) Danish: glasfiber c, fiberglass n Dutch: glasvezel (nl) f Finnish: lasikuitu (fi) French: plastique à renfort de verre m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Glasfaserverstärkter Kunststoff m, GFK (de) m, Fiberglas (de) n Gujarati: તંતુકાચ m (tantukāc) Hebrew: פיברלגס‎ m (fíberglas) Hungarian: üvegszál-erősítésű műanyag Icelandic: trefjagler n Khmer: សរសៃកញ្ចក់ (sɑɑ say kɑñcɑk) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: glassfiber m, fiberglass n Nynorsk: glasfiber m, fiberglas n Russian: стеклопла́стик (ru) m (stekloplástik), фибергла́с (ru) m (fiberglás) Spanish: plástico reforzado con fibra de vidrio m, plástico reforzado con vidrio m, plástico reforzado con vidrio m Thai: ใยแก้ว (yai-gɛ̂ɛo) Tibetan: please add this translation if you can Turkish: fiberglas (tr) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Verb

fibreglass (third-person singular simple present fibreglasses, present participle fibreglassing, simple past and past participle fibreglassed)

1. To apply fibreglass to.

   to fibreglass the hull of a fishing-boat

Synonyms

• glass

Further reading

• fibreglass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• fiberglass, glass fiber