thread-like fibres attached to the seeds of the cotton plant are called
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Materials used for making clothes are known as fibres. Fibres are very thin, a thread like strands from which fabrics (or cloth) are made. Cotton, nylon, wool etc. are all fibres.
Types of Fibres
There are three types of fibres
• natural fibre
• man-made or Synthetic fibres
• mixed fibres
1. Natural Fibre
The fibres that are obtained from plants and animals are called natural fibre. Cotton, jute and linen fibres are obtained from plants. Wool and silk fibres are obtained from animals. Wool is obtained from the fleece of sheep or goat. It is also obtained from the hair of rabbits, yaks and camels. Silk fibres are drawn from the cocoon of the silk worm.
2. Man-made or Synthetic Fibre
The fibres which are prepared from chemical substances in factories are called synthetic fibres. These fibres are
not obtained from plant or animal sources. Some of the examples of synthetic fibres are nylon, polyester (like terylene) and polyacrylic (like Orion).
3. Mixed Fibres
Natural fibres are blended with synthetic fibres to obtain more superior and useful fibres. These are called mixed fibres. Some well-known mixed fibres are tricot (terylene + cotton), berry silk (terylene + silk) and try wool (terylene + wool).