ectoplasm

noun

ec·to·plasm ˈek-tə-ˌpla-zəm

: the outer relatively rigid granule-free layer of the cytoplasm usually held to be a gel reversibly convertible to a sol

: a substance held to produce spirit materialization and telekinesis

ectoplasmic

ˌek-tə-ˈplaz-mik

adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The vacation rental agency promises that all beds will be freshly made and ectoplasm has been expertly cleaned. —

oregonlive, 13 Oct. 2022 Arriving in Edinburgh — the fantastical Scottish capital that has long shimmered with ectoplasm — Jessie hides her seafaring coffin and ventures cautiously into town. —

Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2021 The novel’s ectoplasm hovers between the realms of historical horror and cultural comedy. —

Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2021 The film intriguingly digs into the loneliness of ghosts and has a fun but gross running gag involving ectoplasm. —

Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021 Like an ectoplasm – nay, a cryptoplasm – ‘chat group’ chat spilled over to internet, then popular media chatter. —

Robert Hockett, Forbes, 28 June 2021 This is the digital ectoplasm of which Twitter fights are made. —

Adam Rogers, Wired, 10 June 2021 The real ectoplasm holding this book together, though, is existential dread. —

Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2021 No one back then knew what ectoplasm was, before Ghostbusters. —

Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 24 June 2020 See More

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