plastic
/ˈplæstɪk/ · noun
Meaning
- A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
- (metonym) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
- Fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population.
- An instance of plastic surgery.
- A sculptor, moulder.
- Any solid but malleable substance.
- Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
- Producing tissue.
- Creative, formative.
- Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
- Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
- Made of plastic.
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