microfibre

British  

/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfaɪbə /

noun

1. a very fine synthetic fibre used for textiles

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Example Sentences

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

From BBC

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.

From BBC

"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.

From BBC

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

Some washing machine manufacturers are introducing microfibre filters, but Mark Kelly, the first author of the study published in Environmental Science and Technology, said avoiding delicate washes and half loads would help to reduce the amounts of microfibres released by washing.

From The Guardian