SkyfireDict

plastic   (TTS Sound)

The noun plastic has 2 senses

• plastic -- (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)


• credit card, charge card, charge plate, plastic -- (a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered; "do you take plastic?")

The adj plastic has 3 senses

• fictile, moldable, plastic -- (capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as wax or clay")


• plastic, pliant -- (capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature")


• formative, shaping, plastic -- (forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience")