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ABS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does ABS mean?

• ABS (noun)
The noun ABS has 1 sense:

1. any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances

Familiarity information: ABS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ABS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

ABS; acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene

Hypernyms ("ABS" is a kind of...):

plastic (generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives)

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