Plastic
Definition of Plastic
Pronunciation: plăs´tĭk | a. | 1. | Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator. | | 2. | Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; - used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child. | | 3. | 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. | | n. | 1. | 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] |
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