artificial fibre

collocation in English

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artificial
adjective
uk
/ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/ˌɑːr.t̬əˈfɪʃ.əl/
made by people, often as a copy of ...
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fibre
noun
uk
/ˈfaɪ.bər/us
/ˈfaɪ.bɚ/
any of the thread-like parts that form plant or artificial material and can be made ...
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(Definition ofartificialandfibrefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofartificial fibre

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A garment could be described as pure wool, whereas it is later manufactured inartificialfibre, which could cause skin disorder.
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I look for one, such as anartificialfibrewhich might take the place of cotton.
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I have never heard of a cotton yarn which is made solely from anartificialfibre.
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If a firm developed a new process of makingartificialfibre, for instance nylon, we should want to keep that in the country for as long as possible.
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He badly injured his anterior cruciate ligament during a reserves final in 1986 and opted to have the ligament replaced withartificialfibre.
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These shirts are made ofartificialfibre(polyamide) and are guaranteed to last.
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Nowadays such large tents are made of someartificialfibre(polyester or vinyl) and are often erected with the help of cranes.
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He specifically mentioned those sectors in which he was interested—namely shipbuilding, artificial fibres and glass.
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The industry has had to adapt itself to the manufacture of new materials and to the use of other natural and artificial fibres.
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There are two reasons why artificial fibres are being used in the textile industry.
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In addition, other production methods and the continuing impact of synthetic and artificial fibres have reduced the total market for cotton yarn.
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But there is also the fact that most artificial fibres are very much cheaper than the natural fibres, especially raw wool.
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The introduction of this new set of artificial fibres has created a vast number of problems, not only for consumers but for manufacturers in this industry.
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They modernised the mill in the 1930s, and in the 1960s started to spin artificial fibres for carpets.
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The next breakthrough was with the move over to break or open-end spinning, and then the adoption of artificial fibres.
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The 1930s introduced bias cuts and artificial fibres.
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The three main types of fibres are natural vegetable fibres, animal protein fibres and artificial fibres.
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In the 20th century, these were supplemented by artificial fibres made from petroleum.
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Later it converted to artificial fibres.
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The raw materials for this industry, flax and hemp, used to be grown in the surrounding countryside, though they were superseded in modern times by artificial fibres such as nylon.
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