Usually means: Synthetic polymer, lightweight, insulating material.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions History Colors (New!)
We found 31 dictionaries that define the word polystyrene:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. polystyrene: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. polystyrene: Merriam-Webster
  3. polystyrene: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. polystyrene: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. polystyrene: Collins English Dictionary
  6. polystyrene: Vocabulary.com
  7. Polystyrene, polystyrene: Wordnik
  8. polystyrene: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. polystyrene: Wiktionary
  10. polystyrene: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. polystyrene: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. polystyrene: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. polystyrene: Dictionary.com
  14. polystyrene: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Polystyrene (disambiguation), Polystyrene: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. polystyrene: Rhymezone
  17. polystyrene: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. polystyrene: FreeDictionary.org
  19. polystyrene: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. polystyrene: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. polystyrene: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polystyrene: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. polystyrene: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. polystyrene: Medical dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See polystyrenes as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (organic chemistry) A vinylic polymer of styrene, CH₂CHphenyl.
noun:  (organic chemistry) An alkane chain of benzene molecules, RCH₂CHphenylR.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    white,     light gray,     gray,     black,     blue, more...
Word origin

Words similar to polystyrene

Usage examples for polystyrene

Idioms related to polystyrene

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing polystyrene

Words that often appear near polystyrene

Rhymes of polystyrene

Invented words related to polystyrene

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    white,     light gray,     gray,     black,     blue, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux