Styrofoam is an English word with synonyms like polystyrene or foam. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Styrofoam in a sentence
Styrofoam meaning
Expanded polystyrene foam, such as is used in cups and packaging.
Synonyms of Styrofoam
Using Styrofoam
- The main meaning on this page is: Expanded polystyrene foam, such as is used in cups and packaging.
- Useful related words include: polystyrene, foam.
- In the example corpus, styrofoam often appears in combinations such as: of styrofoam, styrofoam containers, the styrofoam.
Context around Styrofoam
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Styrofoam
- In this selection, "styrofoam" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, plastic, buy, carved, containers, tray and plates stand out and add context to how "styrofoam" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include acetone on styrofoam the oxygen and ban on styrofoam food and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "styrofoam" sits close to words such as abdicated, acme and afcfta, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with styrofoam
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He receives his food in a styrofoam tray with no utensils. (11 words)
To reduce, we can limit the amount of plastic, styrofoam and toxic products we use. (15 words)
And then on January 21st, 2024, the Lagos State Government officially banned single-use plastics and Styrofoam production. (18 words)
The Illinois General Assembly has passed recent bills aimed at reducing plastic and Styrofoam containers, and restaurant owner Ghaleb Massoud said switching to other types of containers will cost more, resulting in food price increases. (35 words)
Waste360: As part of its plastics-crisis campaign, Oceana recently helped in the passing of New York state's ban on styrofoam food and beverage containers and the use of plastic foam packaging peanuts. (34 words)
How I know, is that every time I drive across to get to my apartment, I see person leaving with styrofoam plates and soup cups as well as the alcohol bottles. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
When the children put the acetone on Styrofoam, the oxygen that is in Styrofoam is released, and it looks like it is dissolving into a liquid.
He receives his food in a styrofoam tray with no utensils.
How I know, is that every time I drive across to get to my apartment, I see person leaving with styrofoam plates and soup cups as well as the alcohol bottles.
The Illinois General Assembly has passed recent bills aimed at reducing plastic and Styrofoam containers, and restaurant owner Ghaleb Massoud said switching to other types of containers will cost more, resulting in food price increases.
To reduce, we can limit the amount of plastic, styrofoam and toxic products we use.
And then on January 21st, 2024, the Lagos State Government officially banned single-use plastics and Styrofoam production.
Ice cream on stacked on the floor of the walk in freezer, oxes of styrofoam cups being stored in the walk in Freeezer on the floor.
Malomo noted that to tackle the impacts that single-use plastics and Styrofoam have on the environment, the government needs to make strong advocacy in the media.
Plenty of people picked up orders to go, and given the lack of ambiance, it’s easy to see why we were the only ones inside eating from the Styrofoam containers.
Retailers or consumers who can afford it can still buy styrofoam online, but sustainable alternatives are more affordable.
Styrofoam is an aberration, not the norm; even the people who manufacture it in other countries don’t use it in those countries.
We only paused the line & went to break when packaging needed to change out the styrofoam trays & change the label printer program.
Plenty of reasons to dislike Mr D but the current manufacture of Styrofoam isn’t one of them.
Saeed carved styrofoam with paint overlaid to show a black panther wading in a river in front of what looks to be the remains of a Persian megacity.
Sipping from a Styrofoam cup and smoking a blunt, the Young Money chief holds it down while surrounded by his crew.
This bill would apply to food containers, plates, cups, packing peanuts, styrofoam ice coolers, and other food-service products.
Two small cups of salsa top the Styrofoam box containing this goodness — both are fine, the green quite good and the red good for heat.
Waste360: As part of its plastics-crisis campaign, Oceana recently helped in the passing of New York state's ban on styrofoam food and beverage containers and the use of plastic foam packaging peanuts.
After weeks of creating computer-generated maquettes, small three-dimensional mock-ups of the full-sized sculpture, Berman was now designing tools and equipment to begin carving the Styrofoam piece.
A Goucher College poll found a majority of Marylanders, more than 6 in 10, support the measure to ban styrofoam.
Common combinations with styrofoam
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of styrofoam 7×
- styrofoam containers 6×
- the styrofoam 6×
- and styrofoam 5×
- styrofoam cups 4×
- on styrofoam 3×
- styrofoam trays 3×
- styrofoam with 3×
- from styrofoam 3×
- styrofoam cup 3×