Man-made fibre (7)

I believe the answer is:
acrylic
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">man-made fibre</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that acrylic is a type of man-made fibre)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for acrylic that I've seen before include "Synthetic fabric" , "Type of paint or textile fibre" , "The synthetic fibre is icy, Carl" , "Shiny paint" , "Type of twenty Dn" .)