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Neoprene

Meaning in fashion & textiles, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In fashion & textiles, neoprene means: Synthetic rubber used in flexible insulating sheets, often laminated to textile layers.

In Turkish: neopren

How it is used

Specify whether the product is rubber-backed or merely a neoprene-look knit; trade names can be loose.

Example sentences

  1. The neoprene panel provides insulation in the wetsuit.

    The material is a rubber-based layer rather than an ordinary woven fibre.

  2. The designer asked whether the sample was real neoprene or a thick double knit.

    Similar appearance does not establish identical material composition.

Common collocations

  • neoprene panel
  • neoprene wetsuit
  • fabricCloth made by weaving, knitting or bonding fibres or yarns together, used to make clothes, home textiles and many other products.
  • compositionThe fibres a fabric or garment is made of and their percentages, for example 60% cotton, 40% polyester.

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