Styrofoam
Example Sentences
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“There is still Styrofoam stuff sold in 250 Smart and Final stores across the state!” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
The cause of the blaze remains unclear but officials said on Friday that Styrofoam placed on the outside of the windows facilitated its rapid spread.
From BBC
“How come you can tell us about plastic and Styrofoam and earthquakes, but you can’t tell me about Y2K?”
From Literature
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On blustery afternoons, my street’s geography sends every scrap of airborne litter to my curb: candy wrappers, Styrofoam peanuts and Trader Joe’s receipts that reveal too much about the neighbors’ taquitos intake.
There are no discarded once-frozen coffee drinks sweating rings onto wooden tables; no empty Styrofoam takeout containers littering kitchen counters mere inches away from the trash can.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.