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Viscose

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Noun

1. cellulose xanthate, viscose

a cellulose ester obtained by treating cellulose with caustic soda

2. viscose, viscose rayon

a rayon fabric made from viscose (cellulose xanthate) fibers

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Viscose

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noun
1. 
a. 
a viscous orange-brown solution obtained by dissolving cellulose in sodium hydroxide and carbon disulphide. It can be converted back to cellulose by an acid, as in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane
b. 
(as modifier)
viscose rayon
2. 
rayon made from this material
adjective
3.  another word for viscous

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Viscose

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adjective
1. 
viscous
2. 
of, containing, or made of viscose
noun
3. 
an amber-colored, syruplike solution made by treating cellulose with sodium hydroxide and carbon disulfide: used in making rayon thread and fabrics, and cellophane
4. 
thread or fabric made from viscose
: in full viscose rayon

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Viscose

see synonyms of viscose
n.
1. A thick, golden-brown viscous solution of cellulose xanthate, used in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane.
2. Viscose rayon.
adj.
1. Viscous.
2. Of, relating to, or made from viscose.

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