melamine
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- noun
- /ˈmɛləˌmiːn/
- Specialized
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melamina
- The melamine contamination of pet food in 2007 was a real shock to pet food owners.
- melamine plate
- melamine cereal bowl
- melamine particleboard
You guys know that I hate dust, so I tend to not really use MDF or melamine.
- You guys know that I hate dust, so I tend to not really use MDF or melamine.
Examples
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Food poisoning can be linked to either natural toxins such as those in some mushrooms and fish or chemical toxins like pesticides or melamine.
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We hear of pet food recalls frequently, especially since the 2007 melamine contamination.
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Still, melamine can skew test results to make a product appear more protein-rich than it really is, he added.
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She's covered numerous pet food recalls in that time, including the melamine outbreak of 2007 that involved the recall of more than 90 brands.
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That's one theory being pursued by the Food and Drug Administration as it investigates how the chemical melamine contaminated at least two ingredients used to make more than 100 brands of dog and cat foods.
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A current "cheaper substitute" for food just happens to be HFCS, but there are also our old friends salt and hydrogenated fat, and the new, high-tech melamine.
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Chemical plants throughout the United States produce millions of pounds of melamine a year.
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The F.D.A. thus sets the legal limit for melamine in food at 2.5 parts per million.
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Invest in a set of inexpensive melamine plates for picnics and outdoor events.
Compounds
- Specialized
A hard plastic that covers furniture and kitchen surfaces to resist scratches
Surface Forms
Morphology
melamine = melam + ine
The formation uses a specialized combining form and a chemical suffix, so knowing common English words will not help learners infer the meaning.
Etymology
The word melamine comes from an older chemical name melam, which itself comes from the Greek melas meaning 'black', plus the ending -ine that chemists use for certain chemical substances. So melamine is the name given to this nitrogen-rich chemical, which is why we now use it for the white crystals used to make hard plastics and resins.