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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
Sense 1
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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