Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zylon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zy-lon
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A synthetic polymer material, a range of thermoset liquid-crystalline polyoxazole developed in the 1980s.

Uncountable

noun

An earlier synthetic material.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"They wore Zylon soft body armor and load-bearing vests accessorized with baton and knife holders […]"
"Like many imaginative men, Alexandre felt that he was not made for the century in which he lived, this epoch of appalling tedium all too little relieved by gadgets, by nickel, aluminum, plastic, celluloid, Bakelite, nylon, zylon."
"I scream, extracting from my closet the zylon jacket I wear only with my collar up (a style she abhors as much as the filthy garment itself)."

Etymology

Trademarked name.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does zylon mean?: A synthetic polymer material, a range of thermoset liquid-crystalline polyoxazole developed in the 1980s.
Where does zylon come from?: Trademarked name.

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