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phenolic resin

n. (context chemistry English) A particular class of thermosetting resin made through the condensation of phenol (or phenol derivative) with an aldehyde.

WordNet
phenolic resin

n. a thermosetting resin [syn: phenolic, phenoplast]

Usage examples of "phenolic resin".

The rigid, brittle-looking board, layers of fabric trapped in green phenolic resin, was everywhere on the bridge, a common currency of landfills-.

Beauvoir said, tossing a dull gray bar of phenolic resin to the carpet.

Her hair was cornrowed between neat furrows of shiny brown skin, with antique resistors woven in at random intervals, little cylinders of brown phenolic resin ringed with color-coded bands of paint.