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PTFE

PTFE is the initialism of polytetrafluoroethylene.

Meaning of polytetrafluoroethylene

Noun

polytetrafluoroethylene (countable and uncountable, plural polytetrafluoroethylenes)

  1. A tough synthetic resin used to make seals and bearings and to create a nonstick coating on cooking utensils.
    Synonyms:
    PTFE, Teflon

Forms of PTFE

pluralPTFEs

Words formed from PTFE

Questions about PTFE

What is PTFE the initialism of?
PTFE is the initialism of polytetrafluoroethylene.

Words near PTFE in the dictionary

  1. pteryloses
  2. pterylosis
  3. ptesculentoside
  4. ptew
  5. PTF
  6. PTFE
  7. PTFEs
  8. PTFs
  9. ptg.
  10. PTGS
  11. PTH

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Adapted from Wiktionary: PTFE (page history and authors); polytetrafluoroethylene (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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