Formica
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- noun
- /fɔːrˈmaɪkə/
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Formica
- The booths and formica-topped tables were mostly full, and cigarette smoke drifted beneath the wagon-wheel lights with their yellow globes.
- Formica table
- Formica countertops
- Formica tabletop
Examples
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The restaurant features bright red Formica tables that are easy to clean.
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The diner had a classic look with its vintage Formica booths and checkered floors.
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Smacked my head on the formica top.
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All my folks ever gave me was a formica dinette set.
Fiction book (1997) -
Smoker laid his head on the formica table.
Fiction book (2002) -
The first time he saw Phoebe, she was at a round formica table in the rear of the Ashland, Wisconsin, public library.
Fiction book (1991) -
There are a few formica tables with chairs against the walls and an unused pool table.
Fiction book (1991) -
You're sitting down for breakfast at your formica-top table.
Fiction book (1994) -
She sits at the formica table and looks at the specks in the surface.
Fiction book (2002) -
She admired the shiny surface of the Formica countertop in her new kitchen.
Compounds
- Specialized
A kind of ant found in Europe and parts of Asia that other ants often enslave
- Specialized
An ant that invades other nests and forces captured workers to help its colony
Surface Forms
Etymology
Formica for the laminate is actually a brand name that came from the advertising phrase 'for mica', because the new plastic was made to be used instead of mica. So the brand name Formica became the common word for a hard, easy-clean surface used on tables and countertops.