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glass wool

Loosely packed strands of fiberglass used especially for insulation and in air filters.

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glass wool

(Textiles) fine spun glass massed into a wool-like bulk, used in insulation, filtering, etc

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glass′ wool′

spun glass resembling wool, used for insulation, filters, etc.

[1875–80]

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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

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glass wool

n → lana di vetro

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