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

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  1. Teflon: Encyclopedia

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

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  1. TEFLON: Acronym Finder
  2. Teflon, teflon: A Word A Day

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Teflon: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. teflon: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Teflon)

noun:  A brand name of polytetrafluoroethylene (“PTFE”) products, latterly applied to other fluoropolymer products.
noun:  Multiple film, resin, coatings, fabric and surface protectors made with PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) or fluoropolymer and surfactants not made with PTFE.
noun:  Synonym of polytetrafluoroethylene (“PTFE”)
adjective:  (informal, of a person) Having an undamageable reputation (by analogy with nonstick Teflon surfaces).
noun:  Synonym of polytetrafluoroethylene, PTFE
adjective:  (figuratively) Non-stick, slick.
adjective:  (figuratively, of a person) Able to easily shrug off or deflect criticism or blame.

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