plastic
• noun 1 a synthetic material made from organic polymers, that can be moulded into shape while soft and then set into a rigid or slightly elastic form. 2 informal credit cards or other plastic cards that can be used as money. • adjective 1 made of plastic. 2 easily shaped or moulded. 3 relating to moulding or modelling in three dimensions. 4 artificial; unnatural. — DERIVATIVES plastically adverb plasticity noun. — ORIGIN Greek plastikos, from plassein ‘to mould’.
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