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MELAMINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does melamine mean?
• MELAMINE (noun)
The noun MELAMINE has 1 sense:
1. a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins
Familiarity information: MELAMINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
cyanuramide; melamine
Hypernyms ("melamine" is a kind of...):
alkali; base (any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water)
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