silicone

A manufactured material that resists heat and water, used in seals, kitchen tools, and medical products.

• The lid is made of silicone.
• Use silicone to seal the gap around the sink.
• These silicone moulds can go in the oven.

Common phrases: silicone rubber, silicone sealant, silicone implants, silicone baking mould

To join, seal, or cover something using a product made from a heat-resistant, waterproof material.

• Silicone the gap around the bath.
• She siliconed the joints to stop the leak.
• Have you siliconed the edge of the sink?

How to use it: silicone something to something (He siliconed the panel to the tiles.)

Common phrases: silicone the edges, silicone a joint, silicone something to something

To enlarge or rebuild a body part by putting an artificial soft material inside it.

• The surgeon siliconed her breasts.
• He asked whether they could silicone the damaged area.
• They had siliconed the chest during reconstructive surgery.

Common phrases: silicone someone's breasts, silicone the chest

Changed by cosmetic surgery, especially by having breasts made larger with artificial material.

• She described her breasts as silicone.
• The character jokes about his silicone chest.
• The article contrasted natural and silicone breasts.

Similar words: surgically enhanced

Common phrases: silicone breasts, a silicone chest