Acrilan

[ ak-ruh-lan ]

Trademark.

1. a brand name for an acrylic fiber used in textiles, characterized chiefly by softness, strength, and wrinkle-resistant properties.

Acrilan

/ ˈækrɪˌlæn /

noun

1. an acrylic fibre or fabric, characterized by strength, softness, and crease-resistance and used for clothing, upholstery, carpets, etc

Example Sentences

An ad for the Cole of California line tried to make you think of that tiny piece of Acrilan acrylic knit as a "sizzle of orange with hot pink."

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Soft, strong and nonshrinking, Verel is similar to, and faces stern competition from, Du Font's Orion, Chemstrand's Acrilan and Union Carbide's Dynel.

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Chemstrand Corp., which makes Acrilan at $1.40 a Ib., will probably also cut prices to keep its competitive edge.

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The thermal now comes in wool, rayon, Dacron, Creslan and Acrilan, as well as the popular cotton, and in shades like curry, persimmon, melon, hollyhock, sand and avocado.

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It offered fast tax write-off certificates for enough new plants to raise the combined production of nylon and Acrilan from 100 to 300 million lbs. a year.

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