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Webster 1913 Edition


Ebonite

Eb′on-ite

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Noun.
(Chem.)
A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for insulating material in electric apparatus.

Definition 2024


ebonite

ebonite

See also: ébonite

English

Noun

ebonite (countable and uncountable, plural ebonites)

  1. The relatively hard product of vulcanizing natural rubber with sulfur; vulcanite

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Portuguese

Noun

ebonite f (plural ebonites)

  1. ebonite (product of vulcanising rubber with sulphur)