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Styrofoam

[ stahy-ruh-fohm ]

Trademark.
  1. a brand of expanded plastic made from polystyrene.


Styrofoam

/ ˈstaɪrəˌfəʊm /

noun

  1. sometimes not capital a light, expanded polystyrene plastic


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Styrofoam1

C20: from polystyrene + foam

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Example Sentences

Tokyo Bay is “a black expanse where gulls wheeled above drifting shoals of white Styrofoam.”

All meals are packed (abundantly) into Styrofoam containers and bagged with plastic utensils.

The man who kindly made my meal in less than three minutes opened the styrofoam container and pointed: “Only lemons.”

School-age children with rumbling tummies move their styrofoam trays in an orderly lunch line.

According to The Daily Mail, a 40-foot styrofoam replica of Westwood was supposed to be on view, but Wintour ruled against it.

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