plastic
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3.6
- adjective
- /ˈplæstɪk/
:
maleable
- The sculptor used plastic to create detailed shapes for the exhibition.
Examples
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By mixing the two components, a viscous, plastic, moldable cement is obtained.
Academic text (1998) -
When she settled beside him, he took a small, clear plastic egg from his pocket.
Fiction book (1990) -
Home Run also had a clear plastic ball that he could travel about the house in.
Fiction book (1993) -
We also found these plastic medical waste bags.
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Baby and I sat down in those blue plastic government chairs and waited.
Fiction book (1994) -
On the wall above the counter, there is a plastic kitchen clock, its hands stopped at 11:35.
Fiction book (1991) -
And he opens the closet and finds some plastic laundry bags, which he puts his clothes in.
Fiction book (1995) -
It's firm, but it's also chewy, so it's plastic and it's also elastic.
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Children played with plastic toys that could be easily shaped into different forms.
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The artist preferred using a plastic material that could be molded into intricate designs.
Synonyms
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4.2
Easy to bend or shape
3
5.6
Easily bent or shaped without breaking
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4.1
You can shape materials like clay when they are soft
A material that you can make into different shapes
Can be shaped or molded into a new form
Can be shaped easily, like soft clay for pots
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.6
Operations that repair body parts or change them to improve looks
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4.0
A doctor who operates to repair or change parts of the body, especially the face and skin
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3.7
A hard, easy to clean surface made of layers of plastic for furniture or countertops
- Specialized
A hard, water-resistant plastic used as glue or a coating for paper and wood
- Specialized
A strong plastic that resists chemicals and does not change easily
- Specialized
A hard plastic made from special resin that resists heat and does not carry electricity
- Slur
A person who claims to be Irish without Irish family background, often used as an insult
- Offensive
A person who pretends to have real spiritual powers and uses other people's traditions for money
- Specialized
A machine that makes hollow plastic items like bottles by using air to push heated plastic into a mold
- NSFW
An explosive device made from plastic explosives that can be shaped to fit small spaces
How Malleable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Plastic as an adjective comes from Greek plassein 'to mold', so when we say a substance is plastic we mean it can be shaped or bent easily, just like wet clay that can be formed into different shapes.