Styrofoam

[ stahy-ruh-fohm ]

/ ˈstaɪ rəˌfoʊm /

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Trademark.

a brand of expanded plastic made from polystyrene.

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Words nearby Styrofoam

styralyl acetate, styrax, styrene, styrene resin, Styria, Styrofoam, Styron, stythe, Styx, su-, suable

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How to use Styrofoam in a sentence

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The man who kindly made my meal in less than three minutes opened the styrofoam container and pointed: “Only lemons.”
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British Dictionary definitions for Styrofoam

Styrofoam

/ (ˈstaɪrəˌfəʊm) /

noun

trademark (sometimes not capital) a light, expanded polystyrene plastic

Word Origin for Styrofoam

C20: from polystyrene + foam

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