mineral wool

English

Noun

mineral wool (usually uncountable, plural mineral wools)

1. Any fibrous material formed by spinning or drawing molten mineral or rock materials such as slag and ceramics. (Applications include insulation, filtration, and others.)

   Synonyms: rockwool, rock wool

   Hypernym: wool

   Hyponym: glass wool

   Coordinate terms: wood wool; wool

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 礦物棉／矿物棉 (zh) (kuàngwùmián), 礦棉／矿棉 (zh) (kuàngmián)

• Finnish: vuorivilla (fi), mineraalivilla (fi)
• Hungarian: kőzetgyapot, ásványgyapot
• Italian: vetroflex (it)
• Russian: минера́льная ва́та (ru) f (minerálʹnaja váta)
• Swedish: mineralull (sv) c