Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun silicone

1 sense of silicone

Sense 1
silicone, silicone polymer -- (any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation)
       => siloxane -- (any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms)
       => polymer -- (a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers)