vulcanize : Idioms & Phrases
Vulcanized fiber
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noun a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
fibre; fiber.
WordNet
- paper, paper pulp, or other fiber, chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness, etc. Knight.
Webster 1913
Vulcanized rubber
- India rubber, vulcanized.