ectoplasm
noun
ec·to·plasm
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Definition of ectoplasm
1
: the outer relatively rigid granule-free layer of the cytoplasm usually held to be a gel reversibly convertible to a sol
2
: a substance held to produce spirit materialization and telekinesis
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Other Words from ectoplasm
ectoplasmic
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adjective
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adjective
Examples of ectoplasm in a Sentence
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The bacon was slightly crispy around the edges, though the strips jiggled like ectoplasm. — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, "Is it hot enough to fry an egg outside? We got cracking to find out.," 20 July 2019 There's more to ghosts than ectoplasm Edlund and his team used a variety of techniques to make their paranormal characters in Ghostbusters. — Lara Sorokanich, Popular Mechanics, "How Your World Works Podcast: The Special Effects Behind 'Ghostbusters'," 27 Oct. 2015 Yep, ectoplasm â like that stuff ghosts vomit all over people in movies. — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, "Lush Is Releasing A Jelly Bath Bomb and It Looks Disgustingly Amazing," 23 Feb. 2017 Mrs. Lovett herself looks like something that died and came back not as a ghost but as ectoplasm with a voice. — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, "A Wondrous Production of âSweeney Toddâ," 13 Mar. 2017 There is something monstrous about his gothic garments, with their strange, disturbing proportions attenuated and exaggerated, draped like ectoplasm clinging to thin limbs. — Alexander Fury, New York Times, "The Lighter Side of Rick Owens," 2 Mar. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ectoplasm.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for ectoplasm
ectoplasm
noun
ec·to·plasm
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Medical Definition of ectoplasm
: the outer relatively rigid granule-free layer of the cytoplasm usually held to be a gel reversibly convertible to a sol â compare endoplasm
Other Words from ectoplasm
ectoplasmic
\ Ëek-tÉ-Ëplaz-mik
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adjective
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adjective