silicone
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Etymology edit
silicon + -one. Originally obtained by the attempted synthesis of the silicon equivalent of a ketone.
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silicone (countable and uncountable, plural silicones)
- (chemistry) Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts.
- 2008, Christos Tsiolkas, The Slap, London: Atlantic Books, page 93:
- [H]e had little time or respect for the rich skip bitches who were his neighbours, useless fake-tanned women with plastic smiles and silicone tits who spent their husbands' money on afternoon teas, endless shopping and personal trainers.
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any of a class of inert compounds of silicon
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Verb edit
silicone (third-person singular simple present silicones, present participle siliconing, simple past and past participle siliconed)
- (transitive) To join or treat (something) with a silicone-based product.
- silicone the bathtub to the tile
- 1984, United States National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 963:
- Structural glazing or siliconing of window units is, according to Donald F. Kelly, Jr., president of AMPAT, the bonding of glass to a metal frame.
- (informal, transitive) To enhance or reconstruct (a body part) with a prosthesis containing silicone.
- 2011, Natasha Walter, Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism, page 27:
- The next girl, with huge, perfectly spherical, siliconed breasts perched high on her slender chest, got the loudest roar. ‘Oh, there are two things I like about her!’ shouted the DJ. ‘How about you, boys?’
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silicone m or f (plural silicones)
Further reading edit
- “silicone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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silicone m (plural siliconi)
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Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: si‧li‧co‧ne
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silicone m (plural silicones)