vinyl
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- noun
- /ˈvaɪnəl/
:
vinilo
- I love the warm sound quality of music played on vinyl records.
- vinyl records
- vinyl plastic
- vinyl-coated
A collection of radios, stacks of vinyl, The limitations of secrets.
- A collection of radios, stacks of vinyl, The limitations of secrets.
- The only person I know that uses vinyl now still is DJ Snake_no_VA.
- He said like, yeah, we help out real vinyl collectors, not casuals.
- Fran I mean, obviously vinyl, but the vinyl is such a, you're locked in.
- If you like vinyl, I have a vinyl Santa Alvinon.
- Trying to keep it in the vinyl side.
Examples
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You really have to take care of vinyl.
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The problem was that they no longer had anything to play the vinyl on since their old gramophone had broken.
Academic text (2011) -
No, no, no, I gave all my vinyl away.
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We were wondering if you may have a vinyl record player.
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I wanna listen to that vinyl.
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Things sound so much better on vinyl.
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It was a light blue LTD with a dark blue vinyl top.
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The only option was a hard-looking brown vinyl sofa pushed against the wall.
Fiction book (1995) -
In the early morning, he woke to find Jeanette sitting on a vinyl chair, staring out the window.
Fiction book (1993) -
We sat on the chilly vinyl car seat, me on one end, Camille on the other.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
A strong plastic made from many small chemical parts often used for pipes and floors
A plastic material used to make paints and flexible, water resistant products
Compounds
- Archaic
A clear, very flammable liquid once breathed in to make people sleep for surgery
- Specialized
A small chemical part with two joined carbon atoms used to make many plastics
- Specialized
A strong plastic made from many small chemical parts often used for pipes and floors
- Specialized
A small chemical group with formula CH2=CH− that reacts easily in making plastics
- Specialized
A plastic material used to make paints and flexible, water resistant products
How Soft
Surface Forms
Etymology
Vinyl comes from chemistry: the ending -yl is used for a 'small chemical group', and makers gave the same name to the shiny, tough plastic made from those groups. So vinyl now means the material you find in records, floors, and chair covers.