formica

Speech parts

1. formica - Noun

2. Formica - Proper noun

Meaning

A Linnaean genus of hymenopterous insects, including the common ants. See Ant.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

genus Formica melamine formaldehyde laminate arborite plastic laminate melanin-concentrating melamine-based melamin melamine-containing melamine-formaldehyde high-pressure laminate countertop laminate countertop surfacing surface covering
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Hypernyms

arthropod genus plastic laminate

Phrases with the word

Formica pratensis

Anagrams

aciform AFRICOM

Examples

Alice wonders if other women in the middle of the night have begun to resent their Formica. Barbara Kingsolver

Excuse me?" I said, palms down on the Formica tabletop. "Coffee? I thought we came here for pie." "I don't eat the kind of pie they serve here." I felt a flash of heat go through my stomach. I knew firsthand the kind of pie Ranger liked. Janet Evanovich

My father was the Formica King of Long Island, and my mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India. Ricky Jay

Le Petit Keller is textbook Paris bistro: tiled floors, formica tables, mirrors and wine bottles lining the walls, the menu of the day written in chalk on slate. Source: Internet

He looks up at a pair of waitresses facing him across the Formica, both of them white-haired and grandmotherly. Source: Internet

I pictured booths and formica tables and a few waitresses bopping between the tables. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

formic acid vapor formic aldehyde formic ester Formica fusca Formica pratensis Formica rufa