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POLYESTER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a large class of synthetic fabrics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("polyester" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polyester"):

Dacron; Terylene (a kind of polyester fabric)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A complex ester used for making fibers or resins or plastics or as a plasticizer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("polyester" is a kind of...):

plastic (generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives)

ester (organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any of numerous synthetic resins; they are light and strong and weather resistant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("polyester" is a kind of...):

synthetic resin (a resin having a polymeric structure; especially a resin in the raw state; used chiefly in plastics)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polyester"):

polyester fiber (a quick-drying resilient synthetic fiber consisting primarily of polyester)

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