Styrofoam

[stahy-ruh-fohm]

Trademark.

1. a brand of expanded plastic made from polystyrene.

Styrofoam

/ ˈstaɪrəˌfəʊm /

noun

1. (sometimes not capital) a light, expanded polystyrene plastic

Word History and Origins

Origin of Styrofoam¹

C20: from _polystyrene + _foam

Example Sentences

The cause of the blaze remains unclear but officials said on Friday that Styrofoam placed on the outside of the windows facilitated its rapid spread.

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“How come you can tell us about plastic and Styrofoam and earthquakes, but you can’t tell me about Y2K?”

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On blustery afternoons, my street’s geography sends every scrap of airborne litter to my curb: candy wrappers, Styrofoam peanuts and Trader Joe’s receipts that reveal too much about the neighbors’ taquitos intake.

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There are no discarded once-frozen coffee drinks sweating rings onto wooden tables; no empty Styrofoam takeout containers littering kitchen counters mere inches away from the trash can.

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Early on, Boo Boo’s frozen cups consisted of Kool-Aid poured into a Styrofoam cup and placed in a freezer.

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