silicone
/ˈsɪlɪkəʊn/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈsɪlɪkəʊn/
silicone
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si - li - cone -> silicone
Myanmar meaning
အအေး ၊ အပူနှင့်ရေကို များစွာ ခံနိုင်သည့် ဆီလီကွန် ဒြပ်ပေါင်းတစ်မျိုး။
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silicone /'sÇlÇkǝƱn/ n [U]
အိမ်သုတ်ဆေး၊ ရော်ဘာတု၊ အရောင်တင်ဆီ စသည် ပြုလုပ်ရာတွင် အသုံးပြုသည့် ဆီလီကွန်ဒြပ်ပေါင်း တစ် မျိုးမျိုး။ ဆီလီကုန်း။
a silicone breast implant.
More examples
- ‘A bung, made of glass, plastic, rubber, earthenware, silicone, or wood, is a barrel's stopper, analogous to the cork of a bottle.’
- ‘Because they are lubricious, the silicones are easily inserted and removed with little discomfort and tissue trauma, and infection rates are thus decreased.’
- ‘Among the plastics materials used for prostheses, silicone elastomers, also known as silicon rubber or silicones, have been particularly favoured as they combine flexibility with chemical and thus physiological inertness.’
- ‘Depending on the type and location of the flashings, roofing tar or silicone or butyl rubber sealants can be used to seal small cracks and gaps.’
- ‘The effect of surface energy on adhesion is often studied by employing widely different materials, ranging from urethanes and epoxies (high energy), to silicones and fluorinated materials (low energy).’
- ‘Carrier siliconed the unit onto the trolley's roof near a wire run.’
- ‘I even siliconed all the gaps and sized the tank using an impressive combination of manufacturers tables, data from the Bureau of Meteorology and sneaking a look at other tanks down our street.’
- ‘While Mr. Nesbitt claimed the windows were siliconed shut, there was no such evidence as the holidaymaker had all the windows opened.’
- ‘A circular mirror from Myra Glass was attached to the back wall to reflect tall plants in a gold pot, while a gothic shaped mirror was siliconed directly to the wall above the fireplace.’
- ‘Then we superglued and siliconed the whole shebang together.’
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