glass wool

G g

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [glas, glahs woo l]
- /glæs, glɑs wʊl/
- /ɡlɑːs wʊl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [glas, glahs woo l]
- /glæs, glɑs wʊl/

Definitions of glass wool words

noun glass wool spun glass similar to wool, used for insulation, filters, etc. 1
noun glass wool fine spun glass massed into a wool-like bulk, used in insulation, filtering, etc 0
noun glass wool fine fibers of glass intertwined in a woolly mass, used in filters and as insulation 0
noun glass wool An insulating material, made from fiberglass, arranged into a texture similar to wool. 0

See all 4 definitions of glass wool

Information block about the term

Origin of glass wool

First appearance:

before 1875

One of the 25% newest English words

First recorded in 1875-80

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Glass wool

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Glass wool

glass wool popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

glass wool usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer