The German team says the bacterium found in the soil surrounding a heap of plastic waste was feeding on polyurethane diol, which is used in plastic as a component that protects products from corrosion.
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Polyurethane
Synonyms for "polyurethane" (5 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (2)
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3 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
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6 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 19 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 聚氨酯 noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
Czech
1 entries- polyuretan noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
Dutch
1 entries- polyurethaan noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
Finnish
1 entries- polyuretaani noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
French
1 entries- polyuréthane noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
German
1 entries- Polyurethan noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
Greek
1 entries- πολυουρεθάνη noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
Hungarian
2 entries- poliuretán noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
- purhab noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
Icelandic
1 entries- pólýúretan noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
Italian
1 entries- poliuretano noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
Japanese
1 entries- ポリウレタン noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- polyuretan noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- polyuretan noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
Portuguese
1 entries- poliuretano noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
Romanian
1 entries- poliuretan noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
Russian
1 entries- полиурета́н noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
Spanish
1 entries- poliuretano noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
Turkish
1 entries- poliüretan noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
Ukrainian
1 entries- поліурета́н noun (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Firefighters were hampered by toxic fumes from polyurethane mattresses and overstuffed furniture.
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