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Styrofoam Chiefly U.S.|ˈstaɪərəfəʊm|
Also styro-.
[f. polystyrene + -o + foam n.]
A proprietary name for a variety of foam plastic.
1950Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 11 July 403/1 Dow Chemical Co...Styrofoam... For irregular solid masses of multicellular expanded synthetic resinous material and granular masses of the same material comminuted. 1962Punch 19 Dec. 881/1 How to make..lambs from glass fibre, angels from styrofoam. 1969Jane's Freight Containers 1968–69 438/3 Insulated container. Rectangular, with styrofoam insulation between aluminium panels. 1971Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 11 July 2/1 The styrofoam in the deckhead was wonderful in keeping it relatively cool below. 1973R. Hayes Hungarian Game ii. 20 Each item was cradled in plush-lined styrofoam... Nothing could rattle. 1978G. Vidal Kalki vi. 135 Geraldine was referring to the top part of a huge Styrofoam statue of Vishnu. 1981Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Mar. 254/2 A styrofoam beaker of instant coffee. |