Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spunbond

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spun-bond
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Spunbonded fabric; a type of nonwoven fabric made by extruding continuous filaments directly from thermoplastic polymer chips, forming those filaments into a web, and then causing them to bond by the application of heat or (more rarely) a catalyst.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The high strength of spunbonds is a dominant factor in such market applications as mailing envelopes, tags, and reinforcing media for lamination to weaker paper products."
"On the whole the density of spunbond varies from 15 till 600 grams per square meter."
"Civil engineering remains a large market segment for spunbonds accounting for over 25% of the total sales."

Usage

Inflected Forms

spunbonds (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

meltblown

Questions

What does spunbond mean?: Spunbonded fabric; a type of nonwoven fabric made by extruding continuous filaments directly from thermoplastic polymer chips, forming those filaments into a web, and then causing them to bond by the application of heat or (more rarely) a catalyst.

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