plastic
1. [ noun ] (chemistry) generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
Related terms: solid thermoplastic Bakelite Teflon Vinylite polypropylene amino_plastic cellulosic coumarone-indene_resin fluorocarbon_plastic phenolic_plastic polyester polyvinyl-formaldehyde resinoid silicone_resin thermosetting_compositions vinyl abs_plastic Mylar
2. [ adjective ] capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)
Synonyms: moldable fictile
Examples:

"plastic substances such as wax or clay"

Related terms: elastic
3. [ adjective ] used of the imagination
Examples:

"material...transformed by the plastic power of the imagination" (Coleridge)

Related terms: integrative
4. [ adjective ] capable of being influenced or formed
Synonyms: pliant
Examples:

"the plastic minds of children" "a pliant nature"

Related terms: impressionable
Similar spelling:   plasticize
  plasticity
  plasticise
  Plasticine
  plastid
  plastique
  plastinate
  plastering
  plaster
  plicate
  plastron
  Plaisted
  plasterer
  plastered
  Plaskett