Plastic

['plæstɪk]

Definition

(noun.) generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives.

(adj.) capable of being influenced or formed; 'the plastic minds of children'; 'a pliant nature' .

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Definition

(a.) Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.

(a.) Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; -- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.

(a.) Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; -- said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts.

(n.) a substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [MW10 gives origin of word as 1905]

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Formative.[2]. Soft, pliable, easily moulded.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Ductile, pliant, yielding, malleable, tractile, flexible

ANT:Stubborn, unyielding, inert, unmalleable, inflexible, intractile

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Definition

adj. having power to give form to: capable of being moulded: of or pertaining to moulding.—ns. Plastic′ity state or quality of being plastic; Plastilī′na a modelling clay which remains soft and plastic for a considerable time; Plastog′raphy imitation of handwriting.

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Examples

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