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noun
A heat-resisting chemically inert phenol formaldehyde resin (an early thermosetting plastic).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Alternative form of Bakelite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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noun
a thermosetting plastic used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: plastic
History
Patented July 1907 by its inventor, Leo Hendrik Baekeland. See -ite.
Across languages
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