Bakelite™
noun /ˈbeɪkəlaɪt/
/ˈbeɪkəlaɪt/, /ˈbeɪklaɪt/
[uncountable]- a type of hard plastic used in the past for electrical equipment, etc.Word Originearly 20th cent.: named after Leo H. Baekeland (1863–1944), the Belgian-born American chemist who invented it, + -ite.