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glass fiber

glass fiber is the alternative form of glass fibre.

Meaning of glass fibre

Noun

glass fibre (uncountable)

  1. (UK) A strong plastic, textile, or other material containing embedded glass filaments for reinforcement.
    • To improve the appearance of the stepped roof a glass-fibre fairing, moulded to the corner radius, extends for the full length between the two cabs. The cab roof is a double-skin glass-fibre moulding.1960 February, “High-Voltage Electric Locomotive for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, pages 123, 125
    Synonyms:
    fibreglass

Questions about glass fiber

What is glass fiber the alternative form of?
Glass fiber is the alternative form of glass fibre.

Words near glass fiber in the dictionary

  1. glass electrodes
  2. glass eye
  3. glass eyes
  4. glass felt
  5. glass felts
  6. glass fiber
  7. glass fiber insulation
  8. glass fibre
  9. glass frog
  10. glass frogs
  11. glass garden

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