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plastic plastic definition

plastic


 
  Grep  of  noun  plastic 
  abs  plastic 
  amino  plastic 
  antineoplastic 
  fluorocarbon  plastic 
  phenolic  plastic 
  plastic 
  plastic  art 
  plastic  bomb 
  plastic  explosive 
  plastic  film 
  plastic  laminate 
  plastic  surgeon 
  plastic  surgery 
  plastic  wrap 
  plasticine 
  plasticity 
  plasticizer 
  plastics  industry 
  thermoplastic 
 
  Overview  of  noun  plastic 
 
  The  noun  plastic  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (5)  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  and  adhesives) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  plastic 
 
  The  adj  plastic  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  plastic  --  (used  of  the  imagination;  "material...transformed  by  the  plastic  power  of  the  imagination"  (Coleridge)) 
  2.  (1)  fictile,  moldable,  plastic  --  (capable  of  being  molded  or  modeled  (especially  of  earth  or  clay  or  other  soft  material);  "plastic  substances  such  as  wax  or  clay") 
  3.  plastic,  pliant  --  (capable  of  being  influenced  or  formed;  "the  plastic  minds  of  children";  "a  pliant  nature") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  plastic 
 
  3  senses  of  plastic 
 
  Sense  1 
  plastic 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  integrative)  ->  disintegrative 
 
  Sense  2 
  fictile,  moldable,  plastic 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  elastic)  ->  inelastic 
 
  Sense  3 
  plastic,  pliant 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  impressionable)  ->  unimpressionable 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  plastic 
 
  3  senses  of  plastic 
 
  Sense  1 
  plastic 
  =>  integrative  (vs.  disintegrative) 
 
  Sense  2 
  fictile,  moldable,  plastic 
  =>  elastic  (vs.  inelastic) 
 
  Sense  3 
  plastic,  pliant 
  =>  impressionable  (vs.  unimpressionable) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  plastic 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  plastic 
 
  plastic  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  plastic 
  achondroplastic 
  anaplastic 
  antineoplastic 
  autoplastic 
  cataplastic 
  dysplastic 
  neoplastic 
  plastic 
  thermoplastic 
 
  Overview  of  noun  plastic 
 
  The  noun  plastic  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (5)  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  and  adhesives) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  plastic 
 
  The  adj  plastic  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  plastic  --  (used  of  the  imagination;  "material...transformed  by  the  plastic  power  of  the  imagination"  (Coleridge)) 
  2.  (1)  fictile,  moldable,  plastic  --  (capable  of  being  molded  or  modeled  (especially  of  earth  or  clay  or  other  soft  material);  "plastic  substances  such  as  wax  or  clay") 
  3.  plastic,  pliant  --  (capable  of  being  influenced  or  formed;  "the  plastic  minds  of  children";  "a  pliant  nature") 



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