arborite means A heat-resistant laminate material used to veneer countertops. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
Genericization of trademark Arborite.
noun
- A heat-resistant laminate material used to veneer countertops.“Green creatures extending first one leg, then another after blasts of water have failed to send them down memory's drain: you can practically hear them scuttle, pointed leaves raised defiantly like crab pinchers above the arborite of our countertops.”