Definitions
a fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate
Word origin
Formed from the root of Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + -ate, from aceō (“to be sour”). By surface analysis, acet- + -ate.
Used in a sentence
“[…] to pad a piece in diluted acetate of alumine to obtain a pale lemon ground […]”
“Performers use acetate because eyelash glue is not available. They create eyelashes out of horse hair or cut from carbon paper. Their nails are glued on with a shoe adhesive.”
“Near-synonym: gel”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Cellulose fabric”7 letters
02“Plastic sheet”7 letters
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