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microfibre

British  
/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfaɪbə /

noun

  1. a very fine synthetic fibre used for textiles

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024

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

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2023

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.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2020

I had a bamboo shirt that dried with uncanny speed after being washed, and a microfibre towel that packed into a pouch the size of a walnut.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 11, 2016

You’d be hard pressed to discriminate between a chunky classic leather sandal and the Stella – their cotton-backed microfibre cruelty-free version made in Portugal.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 13, 2016

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