name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
saran
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CMU ARPABET: S ER0 AE1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A district of Bihar, India.
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noun
Meaning 3
A plastic resin used to make packaging films.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: thermoplastic, thermoplastic resin
History
Etymology
Various origins: * Borrowed from Polish Saran or Serbo-Croatian Šaran. * Borrowed from Hindi शरण (śaraṇ).
From a trade name coined by the Dow Chemical Co. for a number of monomers and polymers made from vinylidene chloride (especially polyvinylidene chloride).