NEOPRENE


Meaning of NEOPRENE in English

/ ˈniːəpriːn; NAmE / noun

[ U ] an artificial material which looks like rubber, used for making wetsuits

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WORD ORIGIN

1930s: from neo- new + prene (perhaps from propyl + -ene ), on the pattern of words such as chloroprene .

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