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    ACRYLIC

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A synthetic fabricplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("acrylic" is a kind of...):

    cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acrylic"):

    Courtelle (an acrylic fabric resembling wool)

    Orlon (an acrylic fiber or the lightweight crease-resistant fabric made with Orlon yarns)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Used especially by artistsplay

    Synonyms:

    acrylic; acrylic paint

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("acrylic" is a kind of...):

    paint; pigment (a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    A glassy thermoplastic; can be cast and molded or used in coatings and adhesivesplay

    Synonyms:

    acrylate resin; acrylic; acrylic resin

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("acrylic" is a kind of...):

    synthetic resin (a resin having a polymeric structure; especially a resin in the raw state; used chiefly in plastics)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acrylic"):

    Acrilan; polypropenonitrile (acrylic resin used to make a strong soft crease-resistant fabric (trade name Acrilan))

    polymethyl methacrylate (a transparent plastic used as a substitute for glass)

    Sense 4

    Meaning:

    Polymerized from acrylonitrileplay

    Synonyms:

    acrylic; acrylic fiber

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("acrylic" is a kind of...):

    man-made fiber; synthetic fiber (fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes)

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