viscose

[ vis-kohs ]
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noun
  1. a viscous solution prepared by treating cellulose with caustic soda and carbon bisulfide: used in manufacturing regenerated cellulose fibers, sheets, or tubes, as rayon or cellophane.

  2. viscose rayon.

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or made from viscose.

Origin of viscose

1
1350–1400 for def. 4; 1895–1900 for def. 1; (in def. 4) <Late Latin viscōsusviscous (see -ose1); (in def. 1) <Latin visc(um) birdlime + -ose2

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British Dictionary definitions for viscose

viscose

/ (ˈvɪskəʊs) /


noun
    • a viscous orange-brown solution obtained by dissolving cellulose in sodium hydroxide and carbon disulphide. It can be converted back to cellulose by an acid, as in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane

    • (as modifier): viscose rayon

  1. rayon made from this material

adjective
  1. another word for viscous

Origin of viscose

1
C19: from Late Latin viscōsus full of birdlime, sticky, from viscum birdlime; see viscid

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