urethane

plural urethanes

1. uncountablechemistryA white crystalline organic compound, ethyl-carbamate, NH₂COOC₂H₅, used in the synthesis of other organic compounds.
2. countablechemistryAny compound consisting of this general structure.
3. countableinformaluncountablePolyurethane.

   He doesn’t remember polishing off the bottle of slivovitz that stands empty on the scratched urethane surface of the oak-veneer tabletop, next to the wing chair.

   2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 161

present singular third person urethanes · participle present urethaning · participle past urethaned · past urethaned

1. transitiveSynonym of polyurethane.

   Synonyms: polyurethane