Plastic Definition
plăstĭk
adjective
Capable of being molded or shaped.
Webster's New World
Having the qualities of sculpture; well-formed.
American Heritage
Dealing with molding or modeling, as in sculpture.
Webster's New World
Giving form or shape to a substance.
The plastic forces that create and wear down a mountain range.
American Heritage
Molding or shaping matter; formative.
Webster's New World
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noun
Any of various nonmetallic compounds, synthetically produced, usually from organic compounds by polymerization, which can be molded into various forms and hardened, or formed into pliable sheets or films, fibers, flexible or hard foams, etc. for commercial use.
Webster's New World
Something made of plastic.
Webster's New World
A credit card or credit cards, or credit based on their use.
Webster's New World
(archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.
Wiktionary
A synthetic, thermoplastic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- charge plate
- charge-card
- credit card
- plastic material
- substitute
- synthetic
- polymerized substance
- processed material
- synthetic compound
- polystyrene
- ductility
- creativity
- bakelite
- acrylic
- polymer
suffix
Forming; growing; changing; developing.
Metaplastic.
American Heritage
affix
Forming, developing.
Homoplastic.
Webster's New World
Origin of Plastic
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Latin plasticus from Greek plastikos from plastos molded from plassein to mold pelə-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin plasticus (“of molding"), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikos), from πλάσσειν (plassein).
From Wiktionary
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Greek plastikos fit for molding plastic
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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