acrylicPronunciation: /əˈkrɪlɪk/Translate acrylic | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of acrylic adjective (of synthetic resins and textile fibres) made from polymers of acrylic acid or acrylates:a red acrylic jumper (of paint) based on acrylic resin as a medium:acrylic colours noun 1 [mass noun] an acrylic textile fibre:a sweater in four-ply acrylic 2 (often acrylics) an acrylic paint: she paints mainly in acrylics [mass noun]:washes of white acrylicOrigin: mid 19th century: from the liquid aldehyde acrolein (from Latin acer, acri- 'pungent' + ol(eum) 'oil' + -in1) + -yl + -icacrylic in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of acrylic in the US English dictionary
