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BPA

BPA is the abbreviation of bisphenol A.

BPA is the initialism of British Parking Association.

Meaning of bisphenol A

Noun

bisphenol A (uncountable, abbreviation BPA)

  1. An industrial chemical compound diphenol 4,4'-dihydroxy-2,2-diphenylpropane (C₁₅H₁₆O₂) that is a component especially of hard plastics (such as polycarbonate) and epoxy resins.
    • “Don’t touch this,” she says, explaining that most paper receipts contain a “toxic” chemical called bisphenol A, or BPA, which is easily absorbed through the skin and linked to health issues like infertility, hormone imbalances and certain cancers.2025 June 24, Isobel Whitcomb, “I’ve Heard Receipts Are Toxic. Is It Safe to Touch Them?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2025

Questions about BPA

What is BPA the abbreviation of?
BPA is the abbreviation of bisphenol A.

Words near BPA in the dictionary

  1. Boșorod
  2. Boțești
  3. Boʻston
  4. bp
  5. bp.
  6. BPA
  7. BPaaS
  8. BPAI
  9. BPAS
  10. BPB
  11. BPBs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: BPA (page history and authors); bisphenol A (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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