melamine
See also: mélamine
English
Etymology
Ultimately from German Melamin.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɛl.ə.min/
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (US) (file)
Noun
melamine (countable and uncountable, plural melamines)
- (chemistry) A strong aromatic heterocyclic base, triaminotriazine, used in combination with formaldehyde to manufacture melamine resins; any such resin, such as Formica
- 1995, Bill Bryson, Notes from a Small Island, chapter 20:
- My room was everything I expected it to be—cold and cheerless, with melamine furniture, grubbily matted carpet and those mysterious ceiling stains that bring to mind a neglected corpse in the room above.
- 1995, Bill Bryson, Notes from a Small Island, chapter 20:
Translations
substance
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Anagrams
- Emmaline, Memelian, ammeline
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from German Melamin. Equivalent to Blend of melam + amine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmeː.laːˈmi.nə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: me‧la‧mi‧ne
- Rhymes: -inə
Noun
melamine f (uncountable)
- melamine
Italian
Noun
melamine f
- plural of melamina