Bakelite

[ bey-kuh-lahyt, beyk-lahyt ]

/ ˈbeɪ kəˌlaɪt, ˈbeɪk laɪt /

Trademark.

a brand name for any of a series of thermosetting plastics prepared by heating phenol or cresol with formaldehyde and ammonia under pressure: used for radio cabinets, telephone receivers, electric insulators, and molded plastic ware.

Example sentences from the Web for bakelite

This second dial was no more than a thin disk of hard rubber or bakelite, with a red scratch-mark on one side.

The Infra-Medians |Sewell Peaslee Wright
This is a name the Australians coined for synthetic resin made from phenol and formaldehyde like bakelite.

Creative Chemistry |Edwin E. Slosson
Bakelite is a substitute for hard rubber or amber, invented by the eminent chemist Dr. Baekeland.

America's Munitions 1917-1918 |Benedict Crowell
Pipestems and beads of bakelite have the clear brilliancy of amber and greater strength.

Creative Chemistry |Edwin E. Slosson

The product is similar to bakelite, exactly how similar is a question that the courts will have to decide.

Creative Chemistry |Edwin E. Slosson

British Dictionary definitions for bakelite

Bakelite

/ (ˈbeɪkəˌlaɪt) /

noun

trademark any one of a class of thermosetting resins used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware, telephone receivers, etc

Word Origin for Bakelite

C20: named after L. H. Baekeland (1863–1944), Belgian-born US inventor; see -ite 1

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Bakelite

Trademark.

Example sentences from the Web for bakelite

British Dictionary definitions for bakelite

noun

Word Origin for Bakelite