plastic foam

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noun

expanded plastic.

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Nearby words

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Origin of plastic foam

First recorded in 1940–45

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Examples from the Web for plastic foam

Plastic-foam containers are used for everything from awful conference room coffee to Chinese takeout.
Bloomberg Crosses the Thin Foam Line|Ilana Glazer|February 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST