polyurethane

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noun

Any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links; used in many industrial and domestic applications.

Similar
PURpolyurethanPU
OriginEnglish urethane ← Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s) ← Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús →
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Meanings

nounpolyurethane (plural polyurethanes)

plural polyurethanes

  1. chemistryAny of various polymeric resins containing urethane links; used in many industrial and domestic applications.

    Firefighters were hampered by toxic fumes from polyurethane mattresses and overstuffed furniture.

    1977 December 31, “One Person Dies in Castro Baths Fire”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 3

    Synonyms: PUR

verbpolyurethane (third-person singular simple present polyurethanes, present participle polyurethaning, simple past and past participle polyurethaned)

present singular third person polyurethanes · participle present polyurethaning · participle past polyurethaned · past polyurethaned

  1. transitiveTo coat (a floor etc.) with polyurethane.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of various polymeric resins containing urethane links; used in many industrial and domestic applications.

Similar
PUR

More synonyms by meaning

nounany of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or paints or rubber

Similar
polyurethanPURPU
Broader
polymer
Also see
puurethane

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Englishurethane
  6. Englishpolyurethane

From poly- + urethane.

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Translations

Catalan poliuretà
  • poliuretàany of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
Chinese Mandarin 聚氨酯
  • 聚氨酯 (jù'ānzhǐ)any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
Czech polyuretan
  • polyuretanany of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
Dutch polyurethaan
  • polyurethaanany of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
Finnish polyuretaani
  • polyuretaaniany of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
French polyuréthane
  • polyuréthaneany of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
German Polyurethan
  • Polyurethanany of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
Greek πολυουρεθάνη
  • πολυουρεθάνη (polyouretháni)any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
Hungarian poliuretán, purhab
  • poliuretánany of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
  • purhabany of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
Icelandic pólýúretan
  • pólýúretanany of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
Italian poliuretano
  • poliuretanoany of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
Japanese ポリウレタン
  • ポリウレタン (poriuretan)any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
Norwegian Bokmål polyuretan
  • polyuretanany of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
Polish poliuretan
  • poliuretanany of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
Portuguese poliuretano
  • poliuretanoany of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
Romanian poliuretan
  • poliuretanany of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
Russian полиурета́н
  • полиурета́н (poliuretán)any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
Spanish poliuretano
  • poliuretanoany of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
Turkish poliüretan
  • poliüretanany of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
Ukrainian поліурета́н
  • поліурета́н (poliuretán)any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links
Cite this entry
APA

polyurethane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polyurethane

MLA

“polyurethane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polyurethane. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polyurethane,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polyurethane.

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