We've insulated the house with expanded polystyrene foam panels, 100 millimetres thick.
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Polystyrene
//pɒliˈstaɪriːn//
Synonyms for "polystyrene" (4 found)
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7 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- poliestirè noun (polymer)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 聚苯乙烯 noun (polymer)
Czech
1 entries- polystyren noun (polymer)
French
1 entries- polystyrène noun (polymer)
Greek
1 entries- πολυστερίνη noun (polymer)
Hungarian
1 entries- polisztirol noun (polymer)
Icelandic
1 entries- pólýstýren noun (polymer)
Italian
1 entries- polistirene noun (polymer)
Japanese
1 entries- ポリスチレン noun (polymer)
Malay
2 entries- polistirena noun (polymer)
- ڤوليستيرينا noun (polymer)
Portuguese
1 entries- poliestireno noun (polymer)
Russian
1 entries- полистиро́л noun (polymer)
Spanish
1 entries- poliestireno noun (polymer)
Swedish
1 entries- polystyren noun (polymer)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּאָליסטירען noun (polymer)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The New South Wales state government wants to ban many common plastic items, including straws, drinks stirrers and cutlery, as well as polystyrene cups in a bid to protect the environment and reduce waste.
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Polystyrene has the advantage of being cheap and simple to produce.
Source: tatoeba (10753570)
The Angara-V pulsed power facility used polystyrene to homogenize x-ray flux.
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