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glass wool

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glass wool
n.
Fine-spun fibers of glass used especially for insulation and in air filters.
glass wool
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) fine spun glass massed into a wool-like bulk, used in insulation, filtering, etc.
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Noun1.glass wool - glass fibers spun and massed into bundles resembling wool
filter - device that removes something from whatever passes through it
dielectric, insulator, nonconductor - a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
Translations
glass wool n → lana di vetro
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