ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene mean? 

• ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE (noun)
  The noun ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE has 1 sense:

1. any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances

  Familiarity information: ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

ABS; acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene

Hypernyms ("acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene" is a kind of...):

plastic (generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives)