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styrofoam

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Expanded polystyrene

Etymology

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Genericized trademark ofStyrofoam, from-styr- (frompolystyrene) +-o- +foam.

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Noun

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styrofoam (countable anduncountable,pluralstyrofoams)

  1. Expandedpolystyrenefoam, such as is used incups andpackaging.
    • 1988 November 4, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, inChicago Reader‎[1]:
      A while ago I read your column concerning the effects of hot tea onstyrofoam cups.
    • 2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily”, inAmerican Scientist‎[2], volume101, number 3, archived fromthe original on9 May 2013, page184:
      In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that ofstyrofoam to iron.
    • 2018 August 9, Gerald Porter Jr., Corinne Ramey, “Industry-Backed Group Keeps Fighting Foam Ban”, inThe Wall Street Journal‎[3]:
      Expanded polystyrene foam—commonly, although incorrectly, calledStyrofoam—has been the subject of a protracted battle between New York City officials and large industry players, particularly Dart.

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polymer

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