Meanings
- A heat-resistant laminate material used to veneer countertops.
A sheet of beige arborite was leaning up against the newly finished garage wall.
2013, Margot Griffiths, Angel Hair, →ISBN, page 1252 more examples
Green creatures extending first one leg, then another after blasts of water have failed to send them down memory's drain: you can practically hear them scuttle, pointed leaves raised defiantly like crab pinchers above the arborite of our countertops.
1994, Richard Stevenson, Flying Coffins, →ISBN, page 37An empty shot glass accompanied a half full vodka bottle on the dull gray arborite counter.
2002, Dragan Vujic, Dark Shadow of the Werewolf, →ISBN, page 105Synonyms: formica
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA heat-resistant laminate material used to veneer countertops.
Origin
Genericization of trademark Arborite.
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arborite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arborite
“arborite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arborite. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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