plastic

Forms

1.A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
- These endocrine disruptors are everywhere: plastics, shampoos, cosmetics, cushions, pesticides, canned foods and A.T.M. receipts. They often aren’t on labels and can be difficult to avoid.
2.Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.(colloquial)
- I knew the war between cash and credit cards was over and plastic had won, hands down, when even Mickey D's started taking credit and debit cards.
- It's all about fast cars and cussing each other / but it doesn't matter cause I'm packing plastic / and that's what makes my life so fucking fantastic.
3.Insincerity; fakeness; a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population; a narcissistic, affected person.(slang)
- Tessa: Pretty ironic that a box full of rubbers landed me to a town full of plastic.
4.An instance of plastic surgery.(slang)
- Somebody's had a plastic done on his nose, I think, or else somebody bent it out of shape since I last saw it.

1.Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
- Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings.
- Man tracks and dog tracks, they left a clear imprint on its plastic surface, and came out on an open beach, stretching a mile away to another headland.
2.Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
3.Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
4.Made of plastic.

Common· #1930

From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”).

Doublet of plastique.