Search Result for "vulcanized_fiber":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth;
[syn: fiber, fibre, vulcanized fiber]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vulcanize \Vul"can*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vulcanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Vulcanizing.] To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization. [1913 Webster] Vulcanized fiber, paper, paper pulp, or other fiber, chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness, etc. --Knight. Vulcanized rubber, India rubber, vulcanized. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vulcanized fiber n 1: a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth [syn: fiber, fibre, vulcanized fiber]