MAN-MADE FIBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does man-made fiber mean? 

• MAN-MADE FIBER (noun)
  The noun MAN-MADE FIBER has 1 sense:

1. fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes

  Familiarity information: MAN-MADE FIBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAN-MADE FIBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

man-made fiber; synthetic fiber

Hypernyms ("man-made fiber" is a kind of...):

fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "man-made fiber"):

acrylic; acrylic fiber (polymerized from acrylonitrile)

nylon (a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers)