glass fiber
noun
: fiberglass
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Known for combining older craft techniques with modern art influences, Anker Aurdal used threads of copper, glass fiber, nylon, and even metal chains and often weaved words from influential poetry into her work. 
David Nikel, Forbes, 24 June 2022 The walls themselves are sheathed in a network of interlocking hexagonal panels made of lightweight GFRC (glass fiber reinforced concrete), each with a single rectangular opening in the center. Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022 Six years later, the pavilion, which in all cost $95 million, is warm and vibrant, with 1,230 hexagonal glass fiber reinforced concrete panels that give a kaleidoscope effect. New York Times, 2 Jan. 2022 See more cool-looking fire pits and fire tables such as the Prism Hardscapes Tavola VI gas fire table made of glass fiber reinforced cement at Woodland Direct. oregonlive, 4 May 2021 For instance, some of the program’s teams are looking at incorporating lines that contain materials such as glass fiber, which would not bend in a way that would cause animals to become entangled, according to von Keitz. Annie Sneed, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2020 Some of these include cement, asbestos, lead, glass fibers, dioxins and other chemicals. NBC News, 29 June 2019 Made of 250,000 different steel elements bolted together in curving sections and covered in glass fiber–reinforced concrete, the building sprawls like scattered, overlapping petals at the edge of the Persian Gulf. Julie Lasky, ELLE Decor, 26 Mar. 2019 Fortunately, there was no visible damage to the drone, likely thanks to the light carbon with glass fiber materials it’s made of. Vjeran Pavic, The Verge, 2 July 2018 See More
David Nikel, Forbes, 24 June 2022 The walls themselves are sheathed in a network of interlocking hexagonal panels made of lightweight GFRC (glass fiber reinforced concrete), each with a single rectangular opening in the center. Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022 Six years later, the pavilion, which in all cost $95 million, is warm and vibrant, with 1,230 hexagonal glass fiber reinforced concrete panels that give a kaleidoscope effect. New York Times, 2 Jan. 2022 See more cool-looking fire pits and fire tables such as the Prism Hardscapes Tavola VI gas fire table made of glass fiber reinforced cement at Woodland Direct. oregonlive, 4 May 2021 For instance, some of the program’s teams are looking at incorporating lines that contain materials such as glass fiber, which would not bend in a way that would cause animals to become entangled, according to von Keitz. Annie Sneed, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2020 Some of these include cement, asbestos, lead, glass fibers, dioxins and other chemicals. NBC News, 29 June 2019 Made of 250,000 different steel elements bolted together in curving sections and covered in glass fiber–reinforced concrete, the building sprawls like scattered, overlapping petals at the edge of the Persian Gulf. Julie Lasky, ELLE Decor, 26 Mar. 2019 Fortunately, there was no visible damage to the drone, likely thanks to the light carbon with glass fiber materials it’s made of. Vjeran Pavic, The Verge, 2 July 2018 See More Word History
First Known Use
1882, in the meaning defined above