a type of building board containing asbestos and cement
fibrolite in American English
(ˈfaibrəˌlait)
noun
Mineralogy
sillimanite
Word origin
[1795–1805; fibro- + -lite]This word is first recorded in the period 1795–1805. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: baseball, kingpin, oxidize, sensitivity, sharpshooter-lite is a combining form used in the names of minerals or fossils. Other words that usethe affix -lite include: cryolite, melilite, microlite, pharmacolite, stylolite