Saran

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A plastic resin used to make packaging films. uncountable
  2. 2
    any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A district of Bihar, India.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a trade name coined by the Dow Chemical Co. for a number of monomers and polymers made from vinylidene chloride (especially polyvinylidene chloride).

Etymology 2

Various origins: * Borrowed from Polish Saran or Serbo-Croatian Šaran. * Borrowed from Hindi शरण (śaraṇ).

Related phrases

saran-wrappolyvinylidene chloride

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