Definitions for plastic

Definitions for (noun) plastic

Main entry: charge card, charge plate, credit card, plastic

Definition: a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered

Usage: do you take plastic?


Main entry: plastic

Definition: 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


Definitions for (adj) plastic

Main entry: formative, shaping, plastic

Definition: forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning

Usage: a formative influence; a formative experience


Main entry: fictile, plastic, moldable

Definition: capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)

Usage: plastic substances such as wax or clay


Main entry: plastic, pliant

Definition: capable of being influenced or formed

Usage: the plastic minds of children; a pliant nature


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