viscose

[vis-kohs]

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noun

a viscous solution prepared by treating cellulose with caustic soda and carbon bisulfide: used in manufacturing regenerated cellulose fibers, sheets, or tubes, as rayon or cellophane.

viscose rayon.

adjective

of, relating to, or made from viscose.

viscous.

Origin of viscose

1350–1400 for def 4; 1895–1900 for def 1; (in def 4) < Late Latin viscōsus viscous (see -ose¹); (in def 1) < Latin visc(um) birdlime + -ose²

Can be confusedvicious viscose viscous

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Related Words for viscose

adhesive, thick, tough, stiff, clammy, gelatinous, glutinous, gooey, mucilaginous, slimy, tenacious, viscid, gluey, ropy, syrupy

Examples from the Web for viscose

Historical Examples of viscose

The gills are said to be of one color and the ring floccose, viscose, and evanescent in drying.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
George Francis Atkinson
Nitro and viscose silks are more brilliant and lustrous than are real silks.
The Story of Silk
Sara Ware Bassett
Thus in the case of the wood celluloses the percentage recovered from solution as viscose is from 93 to 95 p.ct.
Researches on Cellulose
C. F. Cross
Plane or flat by solidifying the viscose on glass surfaces, removing the by-products and rolling the films.
Researches on Cellulose
C. F. Cross
A report on the industrial development of viscose, covering essentially the same ground as the above.
Researches on Cellulose
C. F. Cross

British Dictionary definitions for viscose

viscose

noun

a viscous orange-brown solution obtained by dissolving cellulose in sodium hydroxide and carbon disulphide. It can be converted back to cellulose by an acid, as in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane
(as modifier)viscose rayon

rayon made from this material

adjective

another word for viscous

Word Origin for viscose

C19: from Late Latin viscōsus full of birdlime, sticky, from viscum birdlime; see viscid

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