POLYESTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polyester mean? 

• POLYESTER (noun)
  The noun POLYESTER has 3 senses:

1. any of numerous synthetic resins; they are light and strong and weather resistant

2. a complex ester used for making fibers or resins or plastics or as a plasticizer

3. any of a large class of synthetic fabrics

  Familiarity information: POLYESTER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYESTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous synthetic resins; they are light and strong and weather resistant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("polyester" is a kind of...):

synthetic resin (a resin having a polymeric structure; especially a resin in the raw state; used chiefly in plastics)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polyester"):

polyester fiber (a quick-drying resilient synthetic fiber consisting primarily of polyester)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A complex ester used for making fibers or resins or plastics or as a plasticizer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("polyester" 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)

ester (organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any of a large class of synthetic fabrics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("polyester" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polyester"):

Dacron; Terylene (a kind of polyester fabric)

 Context examples 

Building on previous work by the same team, the researchers designed inks which can be directly coated onto a polyester fabric in a simple dyeing process.

(Washable, wearable battery-like devices could be woven directly into clothes, University of Cambridge)

The chip itself is an electronic strip that can be printed onto flexible polyester.

(Scientists say new medical diagnostic chip can sort cells anywhere with an inkjet, Wikinews)

BBMP is used in industry as a flame retardant in unsaturated polyester resins, in molded products and in rigid polyurethane foam.

(BBMP, NCI Thesaurus)

Due to the nature of their chemical bonds, organic materials are easier to compress, and NPG is widely used in the synthesis of paints, polyesters, plasticisers and lubricants.

(Green material for refrigeration identified, University of Cambridge)

They also found that the worms transformed polyethylene into ethylene glycol, an organic compound used in making polyester fibers as well as antifreeze.

(Plastic Eating Worm Could Help Ease Pollution, VOA)

The new textile electronic devices are based on low-cost, sustainable and scalable dyeing of polyester fabric.

(Washable, wearable battery-like devices could be woven directly into clothes, University of Cambridge)