Australian English Meaning of plastic
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Definitions and Meaning of plastic in English
plastic (n)
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
a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
plastic (s)
capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)
capable of being influenced or formed
forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
plastic (a.)
Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.
Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; -- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.
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.
plastic (n.)
a substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [MW10 gives origin of word as 1905]
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plastic
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
adaptable,flexible,malleable,mouldable,shapeable,shapeable,waxy,bendable,bending,bendy
rigid,stiff,unyielding,intractable
plastery => plasterer, plasterwork => Plasterwork, plasterly => plasterly, plastering trowel => plastering trowel, plastering => plastering,
