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Definition of Bakelite™ noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Bakelite™

noun
 
/ˈbeɪkəlaɪt/
 
/ˈbeɪkəlaɪt/,
 
/ˈbeɪklaɪt/
[uncountable]
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  1. a type of hard plastic used in the past for electrical equipment, etc.
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: named after Leo H. Baekeland (1863–1944), the Belgian-born American chemist who invented it, + -ite.
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