carbon fiber

noun

: a very strong lightweight synthetic fiber made especially by carbonizing acrylic fiber at high temperatures

also : a material made from such fibers embedded in a resinous matrix

a high-performance automobile with a carbon fiber body

Examples of carbon fiber in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And unlike carbon fiber, which can crack suddenly and without warning, a wooden frame can be repaired and restored. —Omar Kardoudi april 15, New Atlas, 15 Apr. 2026

Instead of using explosives, most attacks used carbon fiber bombs that incapacitated the facilities instead of destroying them. —Chris Boccia, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026

With its carbon fiber components the coupe is light particularly swift and marketed as advancing from zero to 60 miles per hour in 3.1 seconds. —James Raia, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026

The two-tone speed machine utilized a lot of pre-existing hardware but did feature an all-new chassis and composite bodywork, made from a mixture of carbon fiber and Kevlar. —Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for carbon fiber

• cyber
• fibre
• prescriber
• subscriber
• transcriber