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The Meaning of plastic
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(a.) Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.
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(a.) Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; -- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.
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(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.
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(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]
Synonyms
credit card
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charge card
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charge plate
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fictile
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moldable
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pliant
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formative
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shaping
Rhymes
anaplastic
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bombastic
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clastic
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drastic
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dynastic
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ecclesiastic
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elastic
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enthusiastic
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fantastic
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fantastik
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gymnastic
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iconoclastic
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inelastic
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interscholastic
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mastic
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monastic
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onomastic
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plastique
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sarcastic
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scholastic
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spastic
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stochastic
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thermoplastic
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unenthusiastic