silicone
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 8
Definition of silicone
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(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
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(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
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(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.”
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(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
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(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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From silicon + -one. Originally obtained by the attempted synthesis of the silicon equivalent of a ketone.
Words you can make from silicone
176 playable · top: ISOCLINE (10 pts)
Best play isocline 10 points7-letter words
8 words6-letter words
22 words5-letter words
43 words- CEILI 7 pts
- CEILS 7 pts
- CINES 7 pts
- CIONS 7 pts
- CLINE 7 pts
- CLONE 7 pts
- CLONS 7 pts
- CLOSE 7 pts
- COILS 7 pts
- COINS 7 pts
- COLES 7 pts
- COLIN 7 pts
- CONES 7 pts
- COSIE 7 pts
- ICONS 7 pts
- INCEL 7 pts
- IONIC 7 pts
- LOCIE 7 pts
- LOCIS 7 pts
- NICOL 7 pts
- OLEIC 7 pts
- SCION 7 pts
- SCONE 7 pts
- SINCE 7 pts
- SLICE 7 pts
- SOCLE 7 pts
- SONIC 7 pts
- ELOIN 5 pts
- ENOLS 5 pts
- EOSIN 5 pts
- LENIS 5 pts
- LENOS 5 pts
- LIENS 5 pts
- LINES 5 pts
- LINOS 5 pts
- LIONS 5 pts
- LOINS 5 pts
- NISEI 5 pts
- NOELS 5 pts
- NOILS 5 pts
- NOISE 5 pts
- OLEIN 5 pts
- SOLEI 5 pts
4-letter words
53 words- CEIL 6 pts
- CELS 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CION 6 pts
- CLON 6 pts
- COIL 6 pts
- COIN 6 pts
- COLE 6 pts
- COLS 6 pts
- CONE 6 pts
- CONI 6 pts
- CONS 6 pts
- ECOS 6 pts
- ICES 6 pts
- ICON 6 pts
- LICE 6 pts
- LOCI 6 pts
- LOCS 6 pts
- NICE 6 pts
- ONCE 6 pts
- SICE 6 pts
- ENOL 4 pts
- EONS 4 pts
- IONS 4 pts
- ISLE 4 pts
- LEIS 4 pts
- LENO 4 pts
- LENS 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LIES 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- LINO 4 pts
- LINS 4 pts
- LION 4 pts
- LOIN 4 pts
- LONE 4 pts
- LOSE 4 pts
- NILS 4 pts
- NISI 4 pts
- NOEL 4 pts
- NOES 4 pts
- NOIL 4 pts
- NOSE 4 pts
- OILS 4 pts
- OLES 4 pts
- ONES 4 pts
- SILO 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
- SLOE 4 pts
- SOIL 4 pts
- SOLE 4 pts
- SOLI 4 pts
- SONE 4 pts
3-letter words
34 words- CEL 5 pts
- CIS 5 pts
- COL 5 pts
- CON 5 pts
- COS 5 pts
- ECO 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- LOC 5 pts
- SEC 5 pts
- SIC 5 pts
- SOC 5 pts
- ELS 3 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- EON 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- LIS 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- OIL 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SEL 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SOL 3 pts
- SON 3 pts
2-letter words
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