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plastic
English
Alternative forms
- plastick (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (plastikós), from ???????? (plássein, “to mold, form”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?plæst?k/, /?pl??st?k/
- (US) IPA(key): /?plæst?k/, [?p?læst?k]
- Rhymes: -æst?k
- Hyphenation: plas?tic
Noun
plastic (countable and uncountable, plural plastics)
- A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
- (colloquial, metonymically) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
- (figuratively, slang) insincerity; fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population.
- (slang, countable) An instance of plastic surgery.
- 1951, Arnold Hano, The Big Out (page 146)
- Somebody's had a plastic done on his nose, I think, or else somebody bent it out of shape since I last saw it.
- 1951, Arnold Hano, The Big Out (page 146)
- (obsolete) A sculptor, moulder.
- (archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ?????? (purasuchikku)
- ? Korean: ???? (peullaseutik)
Translations
Adjective
plastic (comparative more plastic, superlative most plastic)
- Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant. [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: malleable, flexible, pliant; see also Thesaurus:moldable
- Antonym: elastic
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 103:
- the rage […] betook itself at last to certain missile weapons; which, though from their plastic nature they threatened neither the loss of life or of limb, were, however, sufficiently dreadful to a well-dressed lady.
- 1898, Journal of Microscopy (page 256)
- Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings.
- 2012, Adam Zeman, ‘Only Connect’, Literary Review, issue 399:
- while the broad pattern of connections between brain regions is similar in every healthy human brain, their details – their number, size and strength – are thought to underpin our individuality, as synapses are ‘plastic’, shaped by experience.
- (medicine, now rare) Producing tissue. [from 17th c.]
- (dated) Creative, formative. [from 17th c.]
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon on the Vanity of the World
- Benign Creator! let thy plastic hand dispose its own effect
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon on the Vanity of the World
- (biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability. [from 19th c.]
- Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material. [from 19th c.]
- Made of plastic. [from 20th c.]
- Inferior or not the real thing. [from 20th c.]
- Synonym: ersatz
- (figuratively, informal, of a person) fake; insincere.
- Synonyms: fake, insincere
- Antonyms: genuine, sincere
Derived terms
- plastic beauty
- plastic explosive
- plastician
- plasticity
- plasticizer
- plasticine
- plastic surgery
- plastic rush
- thermoplastic
Translations
Anagrams
- placits
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English plastic.
Noun
plastic
- (sometimes proscribed) plastic
Usage notes
Discouraged in engineering circles in favour of plast.
Declension
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English plastic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pl?s.t?k/
- Hyphenation: plas?tic
Noun
plastic n (uncountable)
- (Netherlands, uncountable) plastic (synthetic polymer substance)
- Synonym: plastiek
Noun
plastic m (plural plastics)
- (Netherlands, countable, chemistry) plastic (specific type of synthetic polymer)
- Synonym: plastiek
Adjective
plastic (not comparable)
- (Netherlands) plastic
- Synonym: plastieken
Inflection
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English plastic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plas.tik/
Noun
plastic m (plural plastics)
- plastic explosive
Derived terms
- plasticage
- plastiquer
Further reading
- “plastic” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French plastique.
Adjective
plastic m or n (feminine singular plastic?, masculine plural plastici, feminine and neuter plural plastice)
- plastic
Declension
Related terms
- plasticitate
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thermoset
English
Etymology
thermo- +? set
Noun
thermoset (plural thermosets)
- A thermosetting plastic
Translations
Further reading
- thermoset at OneLook Dictionary Search
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