Meanings
nounglass wool (usually uncountable, plural glass wools)
plural glass wools
- uncountableusuallyAn insulating material, made from fiberglass, arranged into a texture similar to wool.
Synonyms: fibreglass wool, fiberglass wool, fibreglass, fiberglass
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn insulating material, made from fiberglass, arranged into a texture similar to wool.
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Translations
Arabic صُوف زُجَاجِيّ
- صُوف زُجَاجِيّ (ṣūf zujājiyy)insulating material
Bulgarian стъ́клена ва́та
- стъ́клена ва́та (stắklena váta)insulating material
Catalan llana de vidre
- llana de vidreinsulating material
Chinese Mandarin 玻璃棉
- 玻璃棉 (bōlímián)insulating material
Czech skelná vata
- skelná vatainsulating material
Dutch glaswol
- glaswolinsulating material
Esperanto vitrolano
- vitrolanoinsulating material
Estonian klaasvatt, klaasvill
- klaasvattinsulating material
- klaasvillinsulating material
Finnish lasivilla
- lasivillainsulating material
French laine de verre
- laine de verreinsulating material
German Glaswolle
- Glaswolleinsulating material
Greek υαλοβάμβακας
- υαλοβάμβακας (yalovámvakas)insulating material
Hungarian üveggyapot
- üveggyapotinsulating material
Italian lana di vetro
- lana di vetroinsulating material
Japanese グラスウール
- グラスウール (gurasu ūru)insulating material
Korean 유리 솜, 글라스 울
- 유리 솜 (yuri som)insulating material
- 글라스 울 (geullaseu ul)insulating material
Lithuanian stiklo vata
- stiklo vatainsulating material
Persian پشم شیشه
- پشم شیشه (pašm-e šiše)insulating material
Polish wełna szklana
- wełna szklanainsulating material
Portuguese lã de vidro
- lã de vidroinsulating material
Romanian vată de sticlă
- vată de sticlăinsulating material
Russian стеклова́та
- стеклова́та (steklováta)insulating material
Slovak sklená vata
- sklená vatainsulating material
Spanish lana de vidrio
- lana de vidrioinsulating material
Turkish cam yünü
- cam yünüinsulating material
Ukrainian склова́та
- склова́та (sklováta)insulating material
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APA
glass wool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glass%20wool
MLA
“glass wool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glass%20wool. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glass wool,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glass%20wool.
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