What does fibre-reinforced plastic mean?

fibre-reinforced plastic

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: fi-bre-re-in-forced -plas-tic
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noun

A composite material of fiberglass (or other fibre) in a polymer matrix

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fibre-reinforced plastics (plural) FRP (abbreviation) fiber-reinforced plastic (alternative) fiber reinforced plastic (alternative) fibre reinforced plastic (alternative)

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CFRP FRP GFRP

Phrases

carbon fiber reinforced plastic carbon fibre reinforced plastic glass fiber reinforced plastic glass fibre reinforced plastic

Synonyms

fiber-reinforced polymer fiber reinforced polymer fibre reinforced polymer fibre-reinforced polymer FRP

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