Buna

American  

[boo-nuh, byoo-] / ˈbu nə, ˈbyu- /

Trademark.

1. a brand of synthetic rubber made by polymerizing or copolymerizing butadiene with another material, as acrylonitrile, styrene, or sodium.

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Buna British  

/ ˈbuːnə, ˈbjuː- /

noun

1. a synthetic rubber formed by polymerizing butadiene or by copolymerizing it with such compounds as acrylonitrile or styrene

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Example Sentences

In November 1942, Ladner was posted in the southeastern mountain jungles of what was then the Australian territory of New Guinea, fighting Japanese troops for control of the port of Buna, The Sun Herald reported.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2022

In January 1945, Wiesel and his father were forced to undergo a 10-day “death march” with other prisoners from Buna to Buchenwald in Germany.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2016

Within hours of arriving in Poland at Auschwitz, Wiesel and his father were transferred to Buna in Germany, where they spent most of their imprisonment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2016

But before you start tasting the local vintages, get your late afternoon pick-me-up at the third-wave coffee shop Buna Café, which offers frequent tastings of estate coffees on Friday afternoons.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2014

The bread we had brought from Buna had been devoured long since.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel