bakelite
bakelite — noun
1. a hard, durable plastic that was one of the earliest synthetic plastics ever cre
a hard, durable plastic that was one of the earliest synthetic plastics ever created, widely used from the early 1900s to produce household items such as telephones, radios, kitchenware, and jewellery.
Baraka bought an old bakelite radio at the weekend market.
bakelite radio — historical collectible at a market
The old telephone in the museum had a shiny black bakelite casing.
bakelite + noun modifier (casing)
Camille's grandmother gave her a string of colourful bakelite bracelets from the 1940s.
Collectors often pay high prices for rare bakelite jewellery in good condition.
文法句型
bakelite + noun (as modifier)
made of bakelite
用法筆記
Bakelite is a former trademark that became the common name for this type of plastic. Although it is a brand name, it is now treated as an ordinary uncountable material noun in everyday English.