Lucite

[ loo-sahyt ]

/ ˈlu saɪt /

Trademark.

a transparent or translucent plastic, any of a class of methyl methacrylate ester polymers.

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Examples from the Web for lucite

From Lucite platforms to S&M detailing, this season's crop of must-have heels are fit for a lady of the night.
You Paid What for Those Shoes?|Rebecca Dana|March 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST
She climbed up to the stage in her Lucite heels, wearing a bright red kimono with her name sewn onto the back.
The Stripper Who Lost a Breast|Melissa Lion|August 21, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He had built an underwater case for it from stainless steel and Lucite.
The Wailing Octopus|Harold Leland Goodwin
When I got back to the office I thought I'd just turn on the lucite and see what they might be up to next.
Nine Men in Time|Noel Miller Loomis

Both were dressed in what looked like workmen's overalls made of lucite chain-mail, or knitted glow-worms.
Freudian Slip|Franklin Abel
He got a block of lucite, a foot square on the end by two and a half feet long, out of a closet under the chart table.
Four-Day Planet|Henry Beam Piper

Word Origin and History for lucite

Lucite

1937, proprietary name (E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.) for a solid, transparent plastic, from Latin luc(i)-, from stem of lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)).