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Word: plastic (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Constructed of polymer.
  • biology Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
  • Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
  • medicine|now|_|rare Producing tissue.
  • dated Creative, formative.
  • Inferior or not the real thing; ersatz.
  • Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.

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Noun:

  • Any similar synthetic material, not necessarily thermoplastic.
  • archaic Any solid but malleable substance.
  • A synthetic, thermoplastic, hydrocarbon-based polymer, solid material.
  • colloquial credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
  • obsolete A sculptor, moulder.

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