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meltblown

meltblown adjective: extruded, when molten, by high-velocity gas.

Adjective

meltblown (not comparable)

  1. extruded, when molten, by high-velocity gas

Noun

meltblown (plural meltblowns)

  1. A type of nonwoven fabric, made of meltblown polymer filaments bonded together. Meltblowns are similar to spunbond fabrics, but can be more porous.
    • Beside many advantages they provide, meltblowns have limited strength characteristics and poor abrasion resistance.2012, Adel El-Sonbati, Thermoplastic Elastomers, page 247
    • SMS structure is a spunmelt structure where the middle layer is the meltblown, sandwiched between the two top and bottom spunbonded layers.2019, Mukesh Kumar Singh, Engineered Fabrics, page 45

Forms of meltblown

pluralmeltblowns

Words formed from meltblown

Questions about meltblown

What does meltblown mean?
Meltblown means extruded, when molten, by high-velocity gas.
What part of speech is meltblown?
Meltblown can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near meltblown in the dictionary

  1. meltability
  2. meltable
  3. meltage
  4. meltages
  5. meltaway
  6. meltblown
  7. meltblowns
  8. meltcurve
  9. meltcurves
  10. meltdown
  11. meltdowns

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