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Silicone
Definitions
- 1 Having had cosmetic surgery, especially breast enlargement. not-comparable, slang
"Besides, the bevy of silicone beauties surrounding him would have been difficult, not to mention ego-crushing, to wade through."
- 1 Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts. countable, uncountable
"[H]e had little time or respect for the rich skip bitches who were his neighbours, useless fake-tanned women with plastic smiles and silicone tits who spent their husbands' money on afternoon teas, endless shopping and personal trainers."
- 2 any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation wordnet
- 1 To join or treat (something) with a silicone-based product. transitive
"silicone the bathtub to the tile"
- 2 To enhance or reconstruct (a body part) with a prosthesis containing silicone. informal, transitive
"The next girl, with huge, perfectly spherical, siliconed breasts perched high on her slender chest, got the loudest roar. ‘Oh, there are two things I like about her!’ shouted the DJ. ‘How about you, boys?’"
Etymology
From silicon + -one. Originally obtained by the attempted synthesis of the silicon equivalent of a ketone.
From silicon + -one. Originally obtained by the attempted synthesis of the silicon equivalent of a ketone.
From silicon + -one. Originally obtained by the attempted synthesis of the silicon equivalent of a ketone.
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