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countable and uncountable, plural silicones
(chemistry) Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts. quotations examples
[H]e had little time or respect for the rich skip bitches who were his neighbours, useless fake-tanned women with plastic smiles and silicone tits who spent their husbands' money on afternoon teas, endless shopping and personal trainers.
2008, Christos Tsiolkas, The Slap, London: Atlantic Books, page 93
third-person singular simple present silicones, present participle siliconing, simple past and past participle siliconed
(transitive) To join or treat (something) with a silicone-based product. quotations examples
Structural glazing or siliconing of window units is, according to Donald F. Kelly, Jr., president of AMPAT, the bonding of glass to a metal frame.
1984, United States National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 963
(informal, transitive) To enhance or reconstruct (a body part) with a prosthesis containing silicone. quotations examples
The next girl, with huge, perfectly spherical, siliconed breasts perched high on her slender chest, got the loudest roar. ‘Oh, there are two things I like about her!’ shouted the DJ. ‘How about you, boys?’
2011, Natasha Walter, Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism, page 27