Bakelite is an English word with synonyms like plastic. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bakelite in a sentence
Bakelite meaning
A heat-resisting chemically inert phenol formaldehyde resin (an early thermosetting plastic).
Synonyms of Bakelite
Using Bakelite
- The main meaning on this page is: A heat-resisting chemically inert phenol formaldehyde resin (an early thermosetting plastic).
- Useful related words include: plastic.
- In the example corpus, bakelite often appears in combinations such as: of bakelite, bakelite and, bakelite has.
Context around Bakelite
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bakelite
- In this selection, "bakelite" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, vintage, ericsson, 1931, company, telephone and letter stand out and add context to how "bakelite" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the bakelite company s and as using bakelite but most. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bakelite" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bakelite
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ericsson DBH 1001 (ca. 1931), the first combined telephone made with a Bakelite housing and handset. (16 words)
Designer of the classic Model F View-Master (last to be made from bakelite) has passed away. (17 words)
The distinctive Ericsson styles became subdued by the increasing use of bakelite telephones starting in the 1930s. (17 words)
A key step in the development of synthetic plastics was the introduction of a thermoset plastic known as Bakelite phenolic in 1910.sfn Within two years, phenolic resin was applied to plywood as a coating varnish. (36 words)
Some early AK-74 rifles have been identified as using Bakelite, but most were made with AG-S4, commonly mistaken for Bakelite. citation By the late 1940s, newer materials were superseding Bakelite in many areas. (35 words)
Jewelry designers such as Jorge Caicedo Montes De Oca still use vintage Bakelite materials to make designer jewelry. citation By 1930, designer Paul T. Frankl considered Bakelite a "Materia Nova", "expressive of our own age". (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Properties Ericsson Bakelite Telephone, ca.1931 Bakelite letter opener circa 1920 Bakelite radio at Bakelite museum Bakelite has a number of important properties.
Some early AK-74 rifles have been identified as using Bakelite, but most were made with AG-S4, commonly mistaken for Bakelite. citation By the late 1940s, newer materials were superseding Bakelite in many areas.
Bijker gives a detailed discussion of the development of Bakelite and the Bakelite Company's production of various applications of materials.
Jewelry designers such as Jorge Caicedo Montes De Oca still use vintage Bakelite materials to make designer jewelry. citation By 1930, designer Paul T. Frankl considered Bakelite a "Materia Nova", "expressive of our own age".
The term Bakelite is sometimes used in the resale market to indicate various types of early plastics, including Catalin which may be brightly colored, as well as items made of Bakelite material.
Although an antique gilt-framed mirror dominates this dining room featured in “The Romantic Minimalist,” the rustic farmhouse table, vintage Bakelite railway clock and workaday lighting bring the whole space back down to earth.
Designer of the classic Model F View-Master (last to be made from bakelite) has passed away.
Some of the key players operating in the High Temperature Composite Resin Market include Huntsman International (US), Hexion (US), Hexcel Corporation (US), ), Sumitomo Bakelite ().
A key step in the development of synthetic plastics was the introduction of a thermoset plastic known as Bakelite phenolic in 1910.sfn Within two years, phenolic resin was applied to plywood as a coating varnish.
Bakelite continues to be used for wire insulation, brake pads and related automotive components, and industrial electrical-related applications.
Bakelite resin could be provided either as powder, or as preformed partially cured slugs, increasing the speed of the casting.
Because molded Bakelite incorporated fillers to give it strength, it tended to be made in concealing dark colors.
Common dice are sometimes made of Bakelite for weight and sound, but the majority are made of a thermoplastic polymer such as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS).
Ericsson DBH 1001 (ca. 1931), the first combined telephone made with a Bakelite housing and handset.
He came up with a scheme of using phenol formaldehyde (Bakelite) to cause the paints to harden after application, making the paintings appear as if they were 300 years old.
He formed the General Bakelite Company as a U.S. company to manufacture and market his new industrial material.
He found that van Meegeren had prepared the paints by using the phenolformaldehyde resins Bakelite and Albertol as paint hardeners.
Market development The Ericsson DBH1001 (1931) was the first combined telephone set with a housing and handset made from Bakelite.
Some applications use shellac mixed with other natural or synthetic resins, such as pine resin or phenol-formaldehyde resin, of which Bakelite is the best known, for electrical use.
The distinctive Ericsson styles became subdued by the increasing use of bakelite telephones starting in the 1930s.
Common combinations with bakelite
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of bakelite 4×
- bakelite and 3×
- bakelite has 2×
- vintage bakelite 2×
- bakelite is 2×
- from bakelite 2×
- as bakelite 2×
- with bakelite 2×