MAN-MADE FIBER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes

Synonyms:

man-made fiber; synthetic fiber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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)