- (a.) Capable of being molded, formed or modeled, as clay or plaster; -- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.
- (n.) a substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [MW10 gives origin of word as 1905].
- (a.) Pertaining or appropriate to or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; -- said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts.
- (a.) Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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