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Bakelite

//ˈbeɪk.ə.laɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A heat-resisting chemically inert phenol formaldehyde resin (an early thermosetting plastic). uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Bakelite. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    a thermosetting plastic used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc. wordnet

Etymology

Patented July 1907 by its inventor, Leo Hendrik Baekeland. See -ite.

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