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defibrator

defibrator noun: a thermomechanical refining machine used to produce wood fibres from wood chips as part of the manufacture of fibreboard.

Noun

defibrator (plural defibrators)

  1. A thermomechanical refining machine used to produce wood fibres from wood chips as part of the manufacture of fibreboard.

Forms of defibrator

pluraldefibrators

Origin of defibrator

In 1931, the Swedish engineer Arne Asplund patented what he called the defibrator method.

Questions about defibrator

What does defibrator mean?
Defibrator means a thermomechanical refining machine used to produce wood fibres from wood chips as part of the manufacture of fibreboard.
What part of speech is defibrator?
Defibrator is a noun.
What is the plural of defibrator?
The plural of defibrator is defibrators.

Words near defibrator in the dictionary

  1. defibrated
  2. defibrates
  3. defibrating
  4. defibration
  5. defibrations
  6. defibrator
  7. defibrators
  8. defibre
  9. defibred
  10. defibres
  11. defibrillate

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