PUR
1
8.6
- noun
- /pʌr/
- Specialized
:
PUR
- We actually use the PUR filters in our fridge, which just started coming with a sweet old calendar sticker that says if you bought this month, change this month.
Examples
-
You forgot your pur...
-
Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Couture number one.
Blog text (6) -
Color Purple, Purple Rose of Cairo, Purple Rain, Pur...
-
What Chris KL-99 did was a clusterfsck pur sang, but the mods dealt admirably well with it.
Blog text (13) -
Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Couture Glossy Stain
Blog text (8) -
That's the space vehicle which orbited Venus and then pur -- was purposefully destroyed by NASA when scientists discovered it was carrying a mysterious high-level radiation.
-
The sheer increase in the volume of information provided in the Diccionario has been so steep that we shall be forced to confine ourselves for a while to the branch, or subfamily, apurar, disregarding any other ramifications of pur.
Academic text (1992) -
Manufacturers often prefer to use PUR for its durability when creating high-quality adhesives.
-
The furniture was coated with PUR to enhance its water resistance and lifespan.
-
Many modern paints incorporate PUR to provide better adhesion and flexibility.
Synonyms
12
7.0
A man-made material used to make foams, glues, paints, and plastics
2
7.2
A man-made plastic called PU used to make foams, paints, and fake leather
Surface Forms
Etymology
PUR comes from polyurethane. The part poly- means 'many', and polyurethane is a kind of plastic used for foam, glue, and rubber, so PUR refers to that family of materials.