English Explanatory Dictionary

defibrator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thermomechanical refining machine used to produce wood fibres from wood chips as part of the manufacture of fibreboard.

Word forms

defibrator defibrators

Etymology

In 1931, the Swedish engineer Arne Asplund patented what he called the defibrator method.

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