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POLYURETHANE FOAM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does polyurethane foam mean?
• POLYURETHANE FOAM (noun)
The noun POLYURETHANE FOAM has 1 sense:
1. a foam made by adding water to polyurethane plastics
Familiarity information: POLYURETHANE FOAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A foam made by adding water to polyurethane plastics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
polyfoam; polyurethane foam
Hypernyms ("polyurethane foam" is a kind of...):
polyurethan; polyurethane (any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or paints or rubber)
Context examples
BBMP is used in industry as a flame retardant in unsaturated polyester resins, in molded products and in rigid polyurethane foam.
(BBMP, NCI Thesaurus)
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