plastic foam

noun

Examples of plastic foam in a Sentence

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Using a roller, roll paint over the plastic foam blocks, and press image onto white art paper. Janna Oberdorf, Parents, 15 Dec. 2025 In 2018, the second-largest Hawaiian island banned plastic foam food containers. Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025 Secretary for Security Chris Tang said Friday initial information suggested that the blaze started around the scaffolding net encasing the lower floors of one tower, then spread rapidly inside aided by highly flammable plastic foam panels fitted to the windows of the apartments. Chan Ho-Him, Christian Science Monitor, 29 Nov. 2025 The fake pool has been designed to imitate the uppermost twenty feet of the real one as closely as possible, down to the contours of its sides, which are made not from rock but from plastic foam sealed with fibreglass. Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for plastic foam

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of plastic foam was in 1943

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“Plastic foam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plastic%20foam. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.

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