silicone
/ˈsɪlɪkəʊn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
verb
To enhance or reconstruct (a body part) with a prosthesis containing silicone.
Informal; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "[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."
- "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."
- "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?’"
- "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."
Etymology
From silicon + -one. Originally obtained by the attempted synthesis of the silicon equivalent of a ketone.