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Plastic ˈplæstɪk Adjective Bre Bag/Cup/Toy Clay Substance Tv

Word plastic
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / ˈplæstɪk / NAmE / ˈplæstɪk /
Example
  • a plastic bag/cup/toy
  • clay is a plastic substance.
  • tv game show hosts with their banal remarks and plastic smiles
  • the flight attendants served up plastic food with little taste or texture.
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plastic

(adjective)BrE / ˈplæstɪk / NAmE / ˈplæstɪk /
  1. made of plastic
    • See related entries: Materials and properties
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/materials_and_properties/plastic_3
    • a plastic bag/cup/toy
  2. easily formed into different shapes
    • synonym malleable
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/malleable
    • Clay is a plastic substance.
  3. that seems artificial; false; not real or sincere
    • synonym false
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/false
    • TV game show hosts with their banal remarks and plastic smiles
    • The flight attendants served up plastic food with little taste or texture.

    Word Origin

    • mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘characteristic of moulding’): from French plastique or Latin plasticus, from Greek plastikos, from plassein ‘to mould’.
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