Plastic
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- Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 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.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 103:
- Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
- Constructed of polymer.
- Inferior or not the real thing; ersatz.
Noun
- A stiff but usually slightly flexible synthetic material, generally consisting of a hydrocarbon-based polymer.
- Any similar synthetic material.
- slang credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
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