Noun: styrofoam
| Singular | styrofoam |
| Plural | styrofoams |
Sample Sentences
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A while ago I read your column concerning the effects of hot tea on styrofoam cups. [1988 November 4, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader:]
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In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that of styrofoam to iron. [2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 09 May 2013, page 184:]
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Expanded polystyrene foam—commonly, although incorrectly, called Styrofoam—has been the subject of a protracted battle between New York City officials and large industry players, particularly Dart. [2018 August 9, Gerald Porter Jr., Corinne Ramey, “Industry-Backed Group Keeps Fighting Foam Ban”, in The Wall Street Journal, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2023:]
Nouns inflected like styrofoam
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Genericized trademark of Styrofoam, from -styr- (from polystyrene) + -o- + foam.
Verbs referencing "styrofoam"
Polish Nouns
styropian.