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GLASS WOOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glass wool mean?
• GLASS WOOL (noun)
The noun GLASS WOOL has 1 sense:
1. glass fibers spun and massed into bundles resembling wool
Familiarity information: GLASS WOOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Glass fibers spun and massed into bundles resembling wool
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("glass wool" is a kind of...):
filter (device that removes something from whatever passes through it)
dielectric; insulator; nonconductor (a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity)
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