silicone

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈsɪlɪkəʊn/

Definition of silicone

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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.
    “[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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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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.
    “[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.”

verb

  1. (transitive)To join or treat (something) with a silicone-based product.
    “silicone the bathtub to the tile”
    “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.”
  2. (informal, transitive)To enhance or reconstruct (a body part) with a prosthesis containing silicone.
    “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?’”

adj

  1. (not-comparable, slang)Having had cosmetic surgery, especially breast enlargement.
    “Besides, the bevy of silicone beauties surrounding him would have been difficult, not to mention ego-crushing, to wade through.”
    “They want to see men covered in sweat, lying in bed with some unknown, blank, silicone actresses — they want sculpted bodies, they don't give a shit about performance.”
    “Nowadays it is a cliché to associate silicone women with narco aesthetics, overdrawn Pamela Anderson clones popularized by telenovelas.”

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Etymology

From silicon + -one. Originally obtained by the attempted synthesis of the silicon equivalent of a ketone.

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