Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A thin, flexible, transparent cellulose material made from wood pulp and used as a moistureproof wrapping.
Wiktionary
- n. organic chemistry, uncountable Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a transparent paper-like product made of regenerated cellulose, produced in sheets and rolls, which is impervious to moisture and germs, and which is used to wrap candy, cigarettes, and a wide variety of other products for distribution and retail sale.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a transparent paperlike product that is impervious to moisture and used to wrap candy or cigarettes etc.
Etymologies
- Genericized trademark. Blend of cellulose and diaphane. (Wiktionary)
- Originally a trademark. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Buying meat already cut up and neatly wrapped in cellophane can lead people to forget that meat was once an animal whose treatment, in life and death, is carefully outlined by Jewish law.”
The Huffington Post: Sue Fishkoff: The New Jewish Food Movement: Jews Who Meet What They Eat
“Box bottom is factory sealed in cellophane but visible is colorful game board w/different nice painted images of characters and Emerald City of Oz.Exc. with Mint contents.”
“I had a lot of time on my hands so I wrapped them in cellophane and topped them off with ribbon.”
“If giving the candies as gifts, wrap each in cellophane, twist the ends closed and tie them with thin curling ribbon, called listón chino in the mercerías, or notions stores.”
“Allow to cool completely before wrapping in cellophane, plastic wrap or waxed paper.”
“I saved the cellophane from the package of scrap paper, and slipped it on the cover of the booklet, because it was already a perfect fit.”
“I always remember they would be at the cashiers station wrapped in cellophane with one huge half pecan on top.”
“Tieing it up in cellophane only makes matters worse.”
“Wrap the pieces individually in cellophane and store in a tin for up to one month.”
“Much like an actual slice of Kraft American Cheese wrapped in cellophane plastic, which has been overly processed and dyed at the cheese making factory.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cellophane’.
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genericized trademarks
Trademarked names that people use to refer to the thing in general, regardless of maker.
xerox, saran wrap, play-doh, silly putty, jell-o, crapper, band-aid, sharpie, biro, bic, zippo, thermos and 81 more...
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Noodles: Slurp 'em up!
Noodles and noodle types from around the world.
Who's hungry?wheat, udon, tea, sweet potato, soba, Sevian, rice vermicelli, rice stick, rice sheet, rice, quenelle, potato and 23 more...
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♥
ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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Words For Novel
viridity, effigy, paragon, congested, acrid, lilting, clandestine, plethora, accolade, sardonic, naïve, reckoning and 285 more...
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Best words in Beatles songs
kaleidoscope, plasticine, porters, tangerine, marmalade, cellophane, turnstile, marshmallow, lingers, slither, restless, limitless and 91 more...
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Chainlink's Words
hat, opalescent, opal, emerald, sapphire, scythe, carnival, calliope, brilliant, awesome, feather, fantastic and 268 more...
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trademark
all of these are from 7 English
dictionaries and Macquarie dictionary
I havent listed capitalized ones yet
but Viagra would be one and common
words like sterling a sub-machi...agene, adware, airbus, alnico, amberina, amarone, apiezon, aspirin, atebrin, atebrine, autocue, autoharp and 774 more...
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mum
cellophane, translucent, opalescent, sparkling, shimmering, quintessential, caliope
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Nick Yeow’s Words
Recently learned words that I like.
pharmaceutical, bowdlerise, connoisseur, cognoscenti, ostracise, aforementioned, antepenultimate, concatenate, extraterrestrial, psychiatrist, firmament, gastronomical and 100 more...
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Jacqueline's Words
glittery, horny, amazing, wanderlust, forlorn, lustily, nonchalant, cool, passive, submissive, roundabout, carousel and 558 more...
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Genericide
Trademarks that have lost their character as indicators of source to become a general term for a product or service.
cellophane, aspirin, butterscotch, escalator, heroin, kerosene, thermos, yo-yo, zipper, dry ice, email, freeware and 106 more...
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One more switchback
Tip of the hat to Stephen, who always tells me "only one more switchback" as we go up the trail. Usually it is a lie, but it still works!
switchback, heavens to murgat..., prosody, catarrh, ice storm, existential, predicament, intermingle, comingle, stolid, zeitgeist, bibliophage and 146 more...
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Words That Populate My Mind
This is a collection of words I love, old ones that I love the sound of when I repeat them for years and new ones coined in news articles on up and coming trends and technologies - most of them I k...
aroma, mojo, blithely, fringe, fray, synchronicity, doublespeak, buzzword, thoughtcrime, portmanteau, newspeak, oldspeak and 963 more...
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Kaichi's Wordie Darlings, or I'm a Lo...
persnickety, discombobulated, braggadoccio, anthropomorphous, antelucan, confluxible, anomalous, poseur, gallivant, poppycock, falderal, gewgaw and 705 more...
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Bianca's Words
perfidious, vituperate, ribald, macabre, lament, eloquence, poignant, adage, finesse, vespertine, oxymoron, aesthetic and 117 more...
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words misused at work
words people use incorrectly or just misspell
stanchion, butte, peak, form, quiescent, pique, be, cellophane, there, they're, their, cannot and 16 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for cellophane.
dontcry I think she's praying that someone will loosen her pigtails. Maybe someone with long, pink fingernails. Jun 30, 2009
skipvia I have a feeling it's more like "I Can't Believe It's the Goat We Sacrificed on the Altar to Ba'al Last Night." Jun 29, 2009
strev it's "I can't believe it's margerine" Jun 29, 2009
skipvia You've got to wonder what's in that substance being spread on the bread. Jun 29, 2009
strev I love the illustration. Or is it a tinted/airbrushed photo?
Looks like her eyes are focused on something other than her snack... maybe satan himself? Jun 29, 2009
mollusque See second comment at octopus. Jun 29, 2009
dontcry Yikes! That IS scary! Jun 29, 2009
bilby One of the prime causes of demonic children in the 1950's. Jun 29, 2009
arby I believe they spell it sellotape in the UK.
PS totally agree about tinfoil!! Jul 22, 2007
slumry A paperlike product, impervious to moisture, made of viscose; originally a trademark. Also cellophane tape.
(makes me think of tinfoil) ;-) Tinfoil just sounds homier than the correct aluminum foil. Jul 21, 2007