noun
- a white crystalline compound used in making plastics, resins, and laminates
Usage: chemistry
Examples
- The kitchen countertops were made of melamine laminate.
- Melamine dishes are popular because they don’t break easily.
- The factory produces melamine resin for furniture manufacturing.
- Melamine foam is used as a cleaning product and insulation material.
- The scandal involved melamine contamination in infant formula.
- Melamine-formaldehyde resin creates durable plastic products.