Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index B Bakelite: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Ba•ke•lite Pronunciation: (bā'ku-līt", bāk'līt), [key] — Trademark. Trademark. a brand name for any of a series of thermosetting plastics prepared by heating phenol or cresol with formaldehyde and ammonia under pressure: used for radio cabinets, telephone receivers, electric insulators, and molded plastic ware. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: bakelite (Thesaurus) bakehouse bakemeat ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: sophism Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language