Plastic Synonyms & Definitions

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• PlasticDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; -- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.
2. (n.) a substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [MW10 gives origin of word as 1905]
3. (a.) Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; -- said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts.
4. (a.) Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.

• PlasticalDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) See Plastic.