Used in a Sentence

perspex

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for perspex.

Editorial note

Do you actually think the NFL is going to place a sharp-edged cube of perspex 1 inch from a player's eye?

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Quick take

Plexiglas

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of perspex gathered in one view.

noun

Plexiglas

noun

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Any tough, transparent plastic that is used instead of glass for windows.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for perspex.

noun

Plexiglas

noun

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Any tough, transparent plastic that is used instead of glass for windows.

Example sentences

1

Do you actually think the NFL is going to place a sharp-edged cube of perspex 1 inch from a player's eye?

2

The computer would print out a card for you, and show it to you from behind a perspex card.

3

Nearly every gay bar in London have a big perspex box on the counter with free condoms.

4

But it is still just a projector putting a flat image on a piece of smokey perspex.

5

Doors line up with the doors in the perspex and both open at the same time.

6

Trains rock up to fully enclosed stations (even for above ground) behind a perspex barrier.

7

Amazon which includes a couple of perspex locks so you can see what you're doing.

8

Why, yes...a couple of times...before a perspex arch was less-than-hastily fixed over the button..

9

I bought a cheap lock-picking set, takes me about 5 minutes to get their basic perspex lock open.

10

Grafton Bridge in Auckland has put up Perspex screens for suicide prevention (and the safely of those under the bridge) instead of nets.

11

Google Glass is pretty fragile and in those situations having a one inch glass/perspex cube in front of your eye is very dangerous.

12

I remember seeing it through the wall of his perspex toolbox after he tidied it up.

Quote examples

1

I was really hoping someone had a built a replica of the Logic Memory Center complete with illuminatied Perspex "logic modules" or whatever they're called.

2

Your regular bloke down the pub finds Schroedinger and chaos theory rather pointless as well (And to be honest "Just make the damn box out of perspex" is a fairly sensible response to Schroedinger.), but that does not make the study of theoretical concepts and logic pointless.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use perspex in a sentence?

Do you actually think the NFL is going to place a sharp-edged cube of perspex 1 inch from a player's eye?

What does perspex mean?

Plexiglas

What part of speech is perspex?

perspex is commonly used as noun.