fibre-reinforced plastic

English

Alternative forms

• fiber-reinforced plastic, fiber reinforced plastic, fibre reinforced plastic

Noun

fibre-reinforced plastic (countable and uncountable, plural fibre-reinforced plastics) (abbreviated as: FRP)

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

Synonyms

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

Hypernyms

• fibre-reinforced composite / FRC
• polymer
• plastic

Derived terms

• carbon fiber reinforced plastic
• carbon fibre reinforced plastic
• CFRP
• FRP
• GFRP
• glass fiber reinforced plastic
• glass fibre reinforced plastic

 

Translations

composite material

• Finnish: lujitemuovi (fi)