Styrofoam
a brand of expanded plastic made from polystyrene.
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Like Styrofoam packing peanuts, the fibers support the cell’s membranes and proteins, preventing them from breaking or unfolding.
Tardigrades could teach us how to handle the rigors of space travel | Douglas Fox | July 13, 2022 | Science NewsStyrofoam is also used to make coolers, coffee cups and other containers that need to keep heat in or out.
Until now, companies have been hard-pressed to find a replacement for Styrofoam for protecting fragile items like electronics and appliances.
Find trends, advice and value at these special breakout sessions during TC Disrupt 2021 | Alexandra Ames | August 27, 2021 | TechCrunchBefore she goes, someone from the taco stand brings her a Styrofoam box filled with dinner.
How one medical team is bringing COVID-19 vaccines to hard-to-reach Hispanic communities | Jonathan Lambert | June 18, 2021 | Science NewsTokyo Bay is “a black expanse where gulls wheeled above drifting shoals of white Styrofoam.”
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All meals are packed (abundantly) into Styrofoam containers and bagged with plastic utensils.
The man who kindly made my meal in less than three minutes opened the Styrofoam container and pointed: “Only lemons.”
Limepocalypse! Inside the Great Lime Shortage of 2014 | Kara Cutruzzula | April 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSchool-age children with rumbling tummies move their Styrofoam trays in an orderly lunch line.
The Schools That Starve Students to Punish Deadbeat Parents | Brandy Zadrozny | January 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAccording to The Daily Mail, a 40-foot Styrofoam replica of Westwood was supposed to be on view, but Wintour ruled against it.
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British Dictionary definitions for Styrofoam
/ (ˈstaɪrəˌfəʊm) /
trademark (sometimes not capital) a light, expanded polystyrene plastic
Origin of Styrofoam
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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