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SYNTHETIC FIBER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes

Synonyms:

man-made fiber; synthetic fiber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("synthetic 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 "synthetic fiber"):

acrylic; acrylic fiber (polymerized from acrylonitrile)

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

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