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# fibreglass

«fibreglass» in Mova's school dictionary: **a light, strong material made of very thin glass threads…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (fibreglass — uncountable); US fiberglass

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fibreglass is a light, strong material made of very thin glass threads, often set in plastic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibreglass/#m1)

2) It is used to make boats, car bodies, helmets, slides and surfboards, and to keep houses warm as insulation in lofts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibreglass/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Science and design lessons about materials and their properties (light, strong, waterproof, insulating). Safety: loft insulation can make skin itch; use gloves. Phrases: fibreglass boat, fibreglass insulation.

### examples

- The boat is made of fibreglass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibreglass/#x1)
- Fibreglass insulation keeps the loft warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibreglass/#x2)
- Wear gloves when touching fibreglass, it makes skin itchy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibreglass/#x3)
- The playground slide is fibreglass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibreglass/#x4)
- Fibreglass is light but strong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibreglass/#x5)
- The surfboard has a fibreglass coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibreglass/#x6)

### note

UK, Australia and NZ: fibreglass; US: fiberglass; Canada uses both. Uncountable. Fibreglass is made from glass but it bends and does not shatter like a window.

### In the corpora

- [A cast is a hard shell of plaster or fibreglass that stops a broken bone moving while it heals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fibreglass» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fibreglass/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.