microfibre

/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfaɪbə /

noun

1. a very fine synthetic fibre used for textiles

Example Sentences

The varnish, applied during a 1975-76 restoration, will be removed using microfibre cloths and cotton swabs.

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Chloe Eggerton, from Telford, owns Flossy Tools, with her primary product a microfibre glove that uses water to remove make-up.

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After a few "basic drawings" on a piece of paper, she said she contacted manufacturers with her designs for a microfibre glove, which unlike many on the market at the time featured a space for a thumb, which she said aimed to give the user more control.

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"I hear people say that the synthetic microfibre problem from apparel washing will take care of itself as wastewater treatment works become more widespread around the world and more efficient. But really what we're doing is just moving the problem from one environmental compartment to another," Roland Geyer, from UCSB's Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, told BBC News.

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The hardiest wild swimmers keep going even when water temperatures fall below freezing; they pack, along with a microfibre towel and a thermos of tea, an axe, for breaking a channel through the ice.

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