Meanings
nounxylonite (countable and uncountable, plural xylonites)
plural xylonites
- countableobsoleteuncountableCelluloid.
The youngest of the industries of Suffolk is the manufacture of xylonite.
1907, William Page, The Victoria history of the county of Suffolk, Volume 22 more examples
A simple, effective shelf label-holder is made from strips of transparent xylonite bent in a rectangular form...
1920, James Duff Brown, William Charles Berwick Sayers, Manual of library economy[…] the perfumes and flavouring-substances, the explosives, the viscoses, celluloids, xylonites, bakelites, &c., […]
1923, George Handley Knibbs, Presidential Address to the Australian Association for the Advancement of Science at the New Zealand Meeting, page 5
Origin
From an old trademark, presumably xylo- + -ite.
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APA
xylonite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xylonite
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“xylonite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xylonite. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xylonite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xylonite.
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