Usually means: Durable, versatile synthetic plastic polymer.
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  1. polyethylene: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. polyethylene: Merriam-Webster
  3. polyethylene: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. polyethylene: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. polyethylene: Collins English Dictionary
  6. polyethylene: Vocabulary.com
  7. Polyethylene, polyethylene: Wordnik
  8. polyethylene: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. polyethylene: Wiktionary
  10. polyethylene: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. polyethylene: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. polyethylene: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. polyethylene: Dictionary.com
  14. Polyethylene: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. polyethylene: Rhymezone
  16. polyethylene: FreeDictionary.org
  17. polyethylene: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. polyethylene: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. polyethylene: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. polyethylene: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polyethylene: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. polyethylene: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. polyethylene: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. polyethylene: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. Book Binding (No longer online)
  3. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  4. Candle Making Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Landscape Irrigation Terms (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See polyethylenes as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (polyethylene)

noun:  (organic chemistry) A polymer consisting of many ethylene monomers bonded together; used for kitchenware, containers etc.

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