Synonyms: elastic
Definition: a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material
Similar words: fabric, material, cloth, textile
Definition: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
Usage: the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent; woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC; she measured off enough material for a dress
Synonyms: rubber band, elastic, elastic band
Definition: a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together
Similar words: band
Definition: a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
Similar words: elastic device
Definition: any flexible device that will return to its original shape when stretched
Synonyms: elastic
Definition: capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy
Usage: an elastic band; a youthful and elastic walk
Similar words: bouncy, springy, live, lively, resilient
Definition: elastic; rebounds readily
Usage: clean bouncy hair; a lively tennis ball; as resilient as seasoned hickory; springy turf
Similar words: chewy
Definition: (of a consistency) requiring chewing
Usage: chewy caramels
Similar words: elasticised, elasticized
Definition: made with strands or inserts of elastic
Usage: slacks with an elasticized waistband
Similar words: expandable, expandible, expansible, expansile
Definition: (of gases) capable of expansion
Similar words: 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
Similar words: flexible, whippy
Definition: bending and snapping back readily without breaking
Similar words: rubberlike, rubbery
Definition: having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness
Similar words: springlike
Definition: resembling a spring or the action of a spring
Similar words: stretch
Definition: easily stretched
Usage: stretch hosiery
Similar words: stretchable, stretchy
Definition: capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape
Similar words: viscoelastic
Definition: having viscous as well as elastic properties
Synonyms: elastic, pliable, pliant, flexible
Definition: able to adjust readily to different conditions
Usage: an adaptable person; a flexible personality; an elastic clause in a contract
Similar words: adaptable
Definition: capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use
Usage: to succeed one must be adaptable; the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths