anti-stick

adjective

an·​ti-stick ˌan-tē-ˈstik  ˌan-tī- 

: tending to reduce or prevent adhesion

especially : allowing easy removal of cooked food particles : nonstick

a pan with an anti-stick coating/surface

Baking parchment … is a type of wood pulp paper … coated with silicone to give it anti-stick properties.

—Ruth Binney

Examples of anti-stick in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These findings could lead to new and safe ways of creating an anti-stick coating on certain products. — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025

Developed in the 1940s, they were used to make products anti-stick, stain resistant, water and grease repellant, and to make aqueous film-forming firefighting foam. — Anne Hulick and Bill Lucey, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-stick

• actinic
• agnatic
• bailiwick
• bolshevik
• candlestick
• deontic
• firebrick
• herpetic
• judaic
• lunatic
• menshevik
• orthotic