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STYROFOAM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Styrofoam mean?
• STYROFOAM (noun)
The noun STYROFOAM has 1 sense:
1. a light resilient foam of polystyrene
Familiarity information: STYROFOAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A light resilient foam of polystyrene
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("Styrofoam" is a kind of...):
polystyrene (a polymer of styrene; a rigid transparent thermoplastic)
foam (a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture)
Domain usage:
trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)
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