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Yiddish
Etymology
סטיראָל (stirol) + שוים (shoym). Calque of English styrofoam.
Pronunciation
Noun
סטיראָשוים • (stiroshoym) m
- (organic chemistry) styrofoam
See also
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “styrofoam”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN