How to Use cellulose in a Sentence

cellulose

noun

• Cleanup is a breeze: Simply hand-wash it with a cellulose sponge, dish soap, and hot water.
  — Megan Wahn, Bon Appétit, 8 Aug. 2024
• As long as that cellulose remains dry, the battery stays inactive.
  — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2024
• It's made from cellulose fibers that are treated with sulfuric acid or sometimes zinc chloride, which partially dissolves the surface, creating a layer that's resistant to heat and moisture.
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2024
• For the nanowood, the team removed the lignin, the polymer that holds the cellulose of wood together.
  — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 26 Mar. 2018
• It’s cellulose: teeny bits of the same substance that makes up the cell walls of plants.
  — Sara Harrison, Wired, 6 Dec. 2021
• The sheetrock did have mold, which grows on the cellulose in sheetrock, explained Persson.
  — Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 11 Jan. 2018
• Use a clean cellulose sponge with a little warm water and give the wall a good rub.
  — NOLA.com, 7 Oct. 2017
• And the tea tree mask pledges to soothe and calm your skin with its three layers of natural cellulose.
  — De Elizabeth, Allure, 21 Dec. 2017
• Plus, it's made from a skin-hugging cellulose that sits flesh on the face and reveals a dewy gleam once removed.
  — Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 12 July 2024
• Trees could give their cellulose to a new kind of battery electrolyte.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2021
• Then, the researchers spray on glass microbubbles that bond with the cellulose to form a gel structure.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 9 July 2020
• This is supposed to be a real book, not a lump of campaign cellulose.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 7 Aug. 2017
• Rice straw, like cotton and linen, is mainly composed of the dense plant fiber cellulose.
  — Elizabeth Svoboda, WIRED, 21 Sep. 2006
• This is due to the cotton and modal construction—modal is a fiber made from tree cellulose, and it’s known for being silky smooth.
  — Jenna Clark, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
• They’re made from eco-friendly cellulose, can hold up to twenty times their weight in water, and can be reused up to 100 times.
  — Noah Kaufman, Bon Appétit, 11 Oct. 2023
• The cellulose and hemicellulose are bricks, and lignins are the mortar.
  — Jake Emen, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2020
• All the replica stones were sealed with a cellulose car spray paint to prevent sound from being absorbed.
  — Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2021
• Instead, the main components of wood are cellulose and lignin.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 5 Apr. 2018
• Fillers found in low-quality dry foods, like cellulose, can cause the same problem.
  — Marygrace Taylor, Good Housekeeping, 13 Apr. 2017
• They're made from cellulose and cotton and are highly absorbent and durable.
  — Sarah Toscano, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2022
• The strength comes from cellulose and lignin, long molecules with carbon backbones that form a thin wall around every cell in the tree.
  — Helen Czerski, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2021
• The length of the bags, six inches for the leather and nine inches for the cellulose diacetate versions, are the standard sizes for action figures and dolls.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2020
• Both fungi and insects use the polysaccharide chitin to build cell walls, while plants use cellulose.
  — Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
• The work involves modifying a spinach leaf in the lab to remove its plant cells, which leaves behind a frame made of cellulose.
  — National Geographic, 25 Mar. 2017
• These fibers are made from chains of cellulose and give trees their stability.
  — Michael Franco, New Atlas, 31 July 2024
• Year after year, this wood is deposited in new inner rings of growth that are doped with cellulose and the long, rigid polymer called lignin.
  — Rachel Ehrenberg, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2018
• The trees’ wood and bark contains a lot of cellulose, a large biomolecule made up of the elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 June 2023
• Inspired by club chair Lignage d’Hermes, the wood frame is covered in a new type of cellulose microfiber from Puglia, Italy and then hand-painted.
  — Damon Johnstun, oregonlive, 26 May 2022
• Check the label and make sure there aren't a lot of filler ingredients like cellulose or breadcrumbs.
  — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2023
• Citric acid, methyl cellulose and polysorbate 60 also show up in some milks.
  — Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2017

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024