Usually means: Synthetic polymer used in paints.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. acrylic: Merriam-Webster
  2. acrylic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. acrylic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. acrylic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. acrylic: Vocabulary.com
  6. Acrylic, acrylic: Wordnik
  7. acrylic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. acrylic: Wiktionary
  9. acrylic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. acrylic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. acrylic: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. acrylic: Dictionary.com
  13. acrylic: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. acrylic: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Acrylic (disambiguation), Acrylic (song), Acrylic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Acrylic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. acrylic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. acrylic: Rhymezone
  19. Acrylic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. acrylic: FreeDictionary.org
  21. acrylic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. acrylic: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. acrylic: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  24. acrylic: Merriam-Webster

Art (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. acrylic: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Acrylic: Health & Beauty Glossary
  3. Body Piercing Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Beading Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Acrylic: Art Glossary: Terminology for artists
  6. Body Piercing Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Technopedia (No longer online)
  2. acrylic: Encyclopedia
  3. Windows API Guide (No longer online)

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. acrylic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Orthodontic Terms (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. acrylic: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. acrylic: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. Fabric Glossary (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Beauty Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Efficient Windows (No longer online)
  5. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)
  6. Acrylic: Beauty & Health Glossary
  7. Acrylic: Fiberglass Glossary
  8. Paper Making (No longer online)
  9. Textile (No longer online)

(Note: See acrylics as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (organic chemistry) Derived from acrylic acid or acrylonitrile.
adjective:  Containing an acrylic resin.
noun:  (organic chemistry) An acrylic resin.
noun:  (painting) A paint containing an acrylic resin.
noun:  A painting executed using such a paint.
noun:  A thick sheet of plastic.
noun:  A liquid coating system based on an acrylic resin.

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