plastic
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
plastic
- A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
- (colloquial, metonym) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
- (slang) Fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population.
- (slang, countable) An instance of plastic surgery.
- 1951, Arnold Hano, The Big Out (page 146)
- Somebody's had a plastic done on his nose, I think, or else somebody bent it out of shape since I last saw it.
- 1951, Arnold Hano, The Big Out (page 146)
- (obsolete) A sculptor, moulder.
- (archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.
- French: plastique
- German: Kunststoff, Plastik, Plast, Plaste (colloquial)
- Italian: plastica
- Portuguese: plástico
- Russian: пластма́сса
- Spanish: plástico
- German: Plastikgeld
plastic
- Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant. [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: malleable, flexible, pliant, Thesaurus:moldable
- Antonyms: elastic
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 103:
- the rage […] betook itself at last to certain missile weapons; which, though from their plastic nature they threatened neither the loss of life or of limb, were, however, sufficiently dreadful to a well-dressed lady.
- 1898, Journal of Microscopy (page 256)
- Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings.
- 2012, Adam Zeman, ‘Only Connect’, Literary Review, issue 399:
- while the broad pattern of connections between brain regions is similar in every healthy human brain, their details – their number, size and strength – are thought to underpin our individuality, as synapses are ‘plastic’, shaped by experience.
- (medicine, now, rare) Producing tissue. [from 17th c.]
- (dated) Creative, formative. [from 17th c.]
- the plastic hand of the Creator
- 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (
please specify ), London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […], OCLC 960856019 ↗:
- (biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability. [from 19th c.]
- Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material. [from 19th c.]
- Made of plastic. [from 20th c.]
- Inferior or not the real thing. [from 20th c.]
- Synonyms: ersatz
- (informal, of a person) Fake.
- Synonyms: fake
- Antonyms: genuine
- German: plastisch
- Italian: malleabile
- Russian: ги́бкий
- Spanish: maleable
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