Bakelite

[ bey-kuh-lahyt, beyk-lahyt ]

Trademark.
  1. a brand name for any of a series of thermosetting plastics prepared by heating phenol or cresol with formaldehyde and ammonia under pressure: used for radio cabinets, telephone receivers, electric insulators, and molded plastic ware.

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How to use Bakelite in a sentence

  • This second dial was no more than a thin disk of hard rubber or Bakelite, with a red scratch-mark on one side.

    The Infra-Medians | Sewell Peaslee Wright
  • Yeah, some of them are on Bakelite and some we just use a clip and maybe a piece of cardboard.

    Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • Bakelite is a substitute for hard rubber or amber, invented by the eminent chemist Dr. Baekeland.

  • Its chamber, the most striking feature, was a cube of roughly six feet, built of dull material resembling Bakelite.

  • This is a name the Australians coined for synthetic resin made from phenol and formaldehyde like Bakelite.

    Creative Chemistry | Edwin E. Slosson

British Dictionary definitions for Bakelite

Bakelite

/ (ˈbeɪkəˌlaɪt) /


noun
  1. trademark any one of a class of thermosetting resins used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware, telephone receivers, etc

Origin of Bakelite

1
C20: named after L. H. Baekeland (1863–1944), Belgian-born US inventor; see -ite 1

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