fibreglass

English

Alternative forms

• fiberglass (US)

Etymology

Compound of fibre +‎ glass.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

2. Silica based glass extruded into fibers that possess a length at least 1000 times greater than their width.
4. Ellipsis of fibreglass wool.
6. (ellipsis) 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
• Ukrainian: скловолокно́ n (sklovoloknó)

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