melamine

See also: mélamine

English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛl.ə.min/
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Noun

melamine (countable and uncountable, plural melamines)

(chemistry) A strong aromatic heterocyclic base, tri-amino-triazine, used in combination with formaldehyde to manufacture melamine resins such as Formica.
- 1995, Bill Bryson, Notes from a Small Island, chapter 20:
  My room was everything I expected it to be—cold and cheerless, with melamine furniture, grubbily matted carpet and those mysterious ceiling stains that bring to mind a neglected corpse in the room above.

Translations

substance

Italian: melamina f, melammina f

Anagrams

Emmaline, Memelian, ammeline

Italian

Noun

melamine f

plural of melamina

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