What does "synthetic fiber" mean?

Any fiber made by extruding a synthetic substance through spinnerets to make a thread.

Synthetic fiber

Common synonyms include: artificial, artificial fiber, dacron, engineered fiber, man-made, man-made fiber.

noun

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Noun

1
Any fiber made by extruding a synthetic substance through spinnerets to make a thread. countable, uncountable
2
fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes wordnet