FORMICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Formica mean? 

• FORMICA (noun)
  The noun FORMICA has 2 senses:

1. any of various plastic laminates containing melamine

2. type genus of the Formicidae

  Familiarity information: FORMICA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORMICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various plastic laminates containing melamine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

plastic laminate (a laminate made by bonding plastic layers)

Domain usage:

trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Type genus of the Formicidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Formica; genus Formica

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Formica"):

Formica rufa; wood ant (reddish-brown European ant typically living in anthills in woodlands)

Formica fusca (an ant frequently enslaved)

Formica sanguinea; sanguinary ant (slave-making ant widely distributed over the northern hemisphere)

Holonyms ("Formica" is a member of...):

family Formicidae; Formicidae (ants)