Associations to the word «Bakelite»

Wiktionary

BAKELITE, noun. A heat-resisting chemically inert phenol formaldehyde resin (an early thermosetting plastic).
BAKELITE, noun. Alternative form of Bakelite

Dictionary definition

BAKELITE, noun. A thermosetting plastic used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc..

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats