composite material

1. 1.

   strong lightweight material developed in the laboratory; fibers of more than one kind are bonded together chemically

   Broadermaterial

Questions about composite material

What does composite material mean?

composite material means "strong lightweight material developed in the laboratory; fibers of more than one kind are bonded together chemically".

Is composite material a common word?

composite material is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.