Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. silica based glass extruded into fibers that possess a length at least 1000 times greater than their width.
- n. a composite material made from fine fibres of spun glass held together with resin. (Also called Glass-Reinforced Plastic.)
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. mostly British usage Same as fiberglass.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a covering material made of glass fibers in resins
Examples
“A mould is made of the clay figure and he casts it out in fibreglass resin and silicone.”
“First, the roof is "painted" with a conventional roof coating, the fabric (looks like thin fibreglass sheeting) is laid on, and then another coat of the roof coating is applied.”
“I intend to build a pool 10 'x 30' x 5 'on my flat roof top but i preder it to be in fibreglass.”
“There were just some sad looking sea-turtles in completely empty fibreglass swimming pools not even a few bits of weed or a castle.”
The Guardian: Secret voyages of leatherback turtles revealed using transmitters
“Made entirely from fibreglass-reinforced polyester plastic, the white UFO house has proved very resilient, still standing 35 years after construction and following a battering from several hurricanes.”
“The old ones had the stiff fibreglass tails and were on a spring above the clip.”
“The whitest whiteness everywhere – white floors, white walls, white ceilings, white fibreglass sculptures that double up as white sofas.”
“Helen Kontouris born Australia 1976 101 chair 2006 fibreglass, wool, felt”
“Material: composite material on a lacquered fibreglass base”
“And rowing can never be a true sporting democracy: there are issues of equipment, not just fibreglass and Lycra, but the actual water.”
The Guardian: Torching the myth of Sir Steve Redgrave's Olympic supremacy | Barney Ronay
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fibreglass’.
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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trademark
all of these are from 7 English
dictionaries and Macquarie dictionary
I havent listed capitalized ones yet
but Viagra would be one and common
words like sterling a sub-machi...agene, adware, airbus, alnico, amberina, amarone, apiezon, aspirin, atebrin, atebrine, autocue, autoharp and 774 more...
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Family Words
Keeping it close to home. These are words to do with my life and my relatives, living, dead or legendary.
shabbishing, gee willikers, gubbins, cancer, snifter, liberty, gazunder, alexandra, strawberries, donald white, pegleg, red and white snake and 38 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for fibreglass.
bilby My father made two canoes out of fibreglass. The first took months. I was so excited about what we were going do with it. On its maiden voyage in the Goulbourn it tipped upside down - to this day there are stories about whose paddle was entangled in whose fishing line - and escaped down the river. The Goulbourn's rapids were unforgiving :-( Another fiberglass canoe was built to replace it. I suggested we call this one RockDodger and my father glared at me witheringly. Aug 1, 2008