• Melamine

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    melamine

    (uncountable)
    1. (chemistry) a strong aromatic heterocyclic base, tri-amino-triazine, used, in combination with formaldehyde to manufacture melamine resins such as Formica
      • 1995, Bill Bryson, Notes from a Small Island, chapter 20:My room was everything I expected it to be—cold and cheerless, with melamine furniture, grubbily matted carpet and those mysterious ceiling stains that bring to mind a neglected corpse in the room above.
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