plastic
noun
[ ˈplastɪk ]
• a synthetic material made from a wide range of organic polymers such as polyethylene, PVC, nylon, etc., that can be moulded into shape while soft, and then set into a rigid or slightly elastic form.
• "mains pipes should be made of plastic or copper"
plastic
adjective
• made of plastic.
• "plastic bottles"
• (of a substance or material) easily shaped or moulded.
• "rendering the material more plastic"
Similar:
malleable,
mouldable,
shapable,
pliable,
pliant,
ductile,
flexible,
soft,
workable,
supple,
bendable,
bendy,
fictile,
Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘characteristic of moulding’): from French plastique or Latin plasticus, from Greek plastikos, from plassein ‘to mould’.
