Arborite

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A heat-resistant laminate material used to veneer countertops.

    "Green creatures extending first one leg, then another after blasts of water have failed to send them down memory's drain: you can practically hear them scuttle, pointed leaves raised defiantly like crab pinchers above the arborite of our countertops."

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"Green creatures extending first one leg, then another after blasts of water have failed to send them down memory's drain: you can practically hear them scuttle, pointed leaves raised defiantly like crab pinchers above the arborite of our countertops."

Etymology

Genericization of trademark Arborite.

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