Bakelite

[ bey-kuh-lahyt, beyk-lahyt ]

/ ˈbeɪ kəˌlaɪt, ˈbeɪk laɪt /

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Trademark.

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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Words nearby Bakelite

baked beans, baked meat, bakegoods, bakehouse, bake in, Bakelite, bakemeat, Bake-Off, baker, Baker Island, Baker, Josephine

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How to use Bakelite in a sentence

You had the first synthetic fertilizers with the Haber Bosch process, you had the first plastics, with Bakelite.
How does progress happen?|Kelsey Piper|September 25, 2021|Vox
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.
America's Munitions 1917-1918|Benedict Crowell

Its chamber, the most striking feature, was a cube of roughly six feet, built of dull material resembling bakelite.
Astounding Stories, August, 1931|Various
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

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

Word Origin for Bakelite

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

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