plastic : Idioms & Phrases

-plas"tic

Etymology

Gr. fit for molding, plastic, fr. to mold, to form.

Definitions

1. A combining form signifying developing, forming, growing; as, heteroplastic, monoplastic, polyplastic.

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• noun a plastic (synthetic resin) made from amino compounds; used as an adhesive and as a coating for paper and textiles
  aminoplast; amino resin.
  

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• noun a plastic made with fluorocarbon
  

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• noun a plastic consisting of phenolic resins
  phenolic urea.
  

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• noun the arts of shaping or modeling; carving and sculpture
  

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• noun a bag made of thin plastic material
  

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• noun a bomb made of plastic explosive
  

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• (Geol.), one of the beds of the Eocene period; so called because used in making pottery. Lyell.

Webster 1913

• (Physiol.), one that bears within the germs of a higher form.

Webster 1913

• noun an explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy
  plastique.
  

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• (Med.), an exudation thrown out upon a wounded surface and constituting the material of repair by which the process of healing is effected.

Webster 1913

• noun a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
  film.
  

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• . (Physiol.) See the second Note under Food.

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• . (Physiol.) See under Force.

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• noun a laminate made by bonding plastic layers
  

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• an operation in plastic surgery.

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• noun a surgeon who beautifies the body (especially the face)
  cosmetic surgeon.
  

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• noun surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue
  reconstructive surgery; anaplasty.
  

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• that branch of surgery which is concerned with the repair or restoration of lost, injured, or deformed parts of the body.

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• noun wrapping consisting of a very thin transparent sheet of plastic
  

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• noun an industry that manufactures plastic articles
  

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