synthetic resin

noun

: resin sense 2

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web This kind of coating, known commercially as Teflon, lines metal pans with a tough, synthetic resin to create a slippery surface. —

Sophie Putka, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2021 The label says it’s safe to use on most bath surfaces, including porcelain, synthetic resin, fiberglass and ceramic tile. —

Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 25 July 2022 Such gear is often made of polypropylene plastic, a synthetic resin that can take hundreds of years to degrade. —

Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2020 But by the 1960s, rubber gave way to urethane skins and synthetic resin cores, according to multiple accounts of the golf ball's evolution. —

Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2019 According to a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality document obtained by Tunnell, there are 46 companies in Texas with permits to manufacture plastics materials and synthetic resins; many are on the Texas coast. —

Julissa Treviño, WIRED, 10 July 2019 Mercedes-Benz will display an original Geländewagen encased in 44.4 tons of synthetic resin at the Detroit auto show. —

Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 12 Jan. 2018 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of synthetic resin was in 1907

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