polyester

English Thesaurus

1. any of a large class of synthetic fabrics (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	cloth, fabric, material, textile,
definition	:	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	dacron, terylene,
definition	:	a kind of polyester fabric (noun.artifact)

2. a complex ester used for making fibers or resins or plastics or as a plasticizer (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	plastic,
definition	:	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 (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	ester,
definition	:	formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water (noun.substance)

3. any of numerous synthetic resins; they are light and strong and weather resistant (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	synthetic resin,
definition	:	a resin having a polymeric structure; especially a resin in the raw state; used chiefly in plastics (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	polyester fiber,
definition	:	a quick-drying resilient synthetic fiber consisting primarily of polyester (noun.substance)