Styrofoam

[stahy-ruh-fohm]

Trademark.

a brand of expanded plastic made from polystyrene.

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Related Words for styrofoam

Styrofoam, filling, stuffing, wadding

Examples from the Web for styrofoam

Contemporary Examples of styrofoam

All meals are packed (abundantly) into Styrofoam containers and bagged with plastic utensils.
The Heart and Soul (Food) of Orlando
Jane & Michael Stern
June 8, 2014
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
School-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
According to The Daily Mail, a 40-foot styrofoam replica of Westwood was supposed to be on view, but Wintour ruled against it.
Jennifer Lawrence Gets ‘Chopped’; Viktor & Rolf Return to Couture
The Fashion Beast Team
April 22, 2013
The tsunami debris is different, not just because it comes from Japan, but because it includes “a huge amount of Styrofoam.”
As Japan’s Tsunami Debris Arrives, Can U.S. West Coast Handle It?
Winston Ross
September 7, 2012

British Dictionary definitions for styrofoam

Styrofoam

noun

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

Word Origin for Styrofoam

C20: from polystyrene + foam

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Word Origin and History for styrofoam

Styrofoam

1950, trademark name (Dow Chemical Co.), from (poly)styr(ene) (see polystyrene) + -o- + foam (n.).