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acrylic

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) acrylic (adjective)
  2. 2) acrylic (noun)
  3. acrylic acid (noun)
  4. acrylic fiber (noun)
  5. acrylic resin (noun)

1acryl·ic

adj \ə-ˈkri-lik\

Definition of ACRYLIC

1
: of or relating to acrylic acid or its derivatives <acrylic polymers>
2
: made or consisting of an acrylic <an acrylic window>

Origin of ACRYLIC

International Scientific Vocabulary acrolein + -yl + 1-ic
First Known Use: 1845

Rhymes with ACRYLIC

allylic, Cyrillic, dactylic, exilic, idyllic, sibylic

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