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Definitions for Viscose

[1] a viscous solution prepared by treating cellulose with caustic soda and carbon bisulfide: used in manufacturing regenerated cellulose fibers, sheets, or tubes, as rayon or cellophane.
[2] viscose rayon.
[3] of, relating to, or made from viscose.
[4] viscous.
[5] 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 (as modifier ) viscose rayon
[6] rayon made from this material
[7] another word for viscous

Words related to Viscose

adhesive, thick, tough, stiff, clammy, gelatinous, glutinous, gooey, mucilaginous, slimy, tenacious, viscid, gluey, ropy, syrupy

Words nearby Viscose

viscid, viscoelastic, viscoid, viscometer, visconti, viscose, viscosity, viscosity index, viscount, viscount melville sound, viscountcy

Origin of Viscose

1350–1400 for def 4 ; 1895–1900 for def 1 ; (in def 4) < Late Latin viscōsus viscous (see -ose1); (in def 1) < Latin visc(um ) birdlime + -ose2

Words that may be confused with Viscose

vicious, viscose, viscous

Word origin for Viscose

C19: from Late Latin viscōsus full of birdlime, sticky, from viscum birdlime; see viscid

Synonyms for Viscose

adhesive, stiff, thick, tough, clammy, gelatinous, gluey, glutinous, gooey, mucilaginous, ropy, slimy, syrupy, tenacious, viscid