plastic
About 21.33 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
- noun Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
I knew the war between cash and credit cards was over and plastic had won, hands down, when even Mickey D's started taking credit and debit cards.
- noun Insincerity; fakeness. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- noun A person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population; a narcissistic, affected person.
- noun An instance of plastic surgery.
- noun A sculptor, moulder.
- noun Any solid but malleable substance.
- noun Synonym of Plastic Paddy.
Similar words
moldable elastic fictile pliant integrative impressionable rubber nylon pvc vinyl
Often followed by
bag and deformation surgery bags wrap or flow material
Word family
plastic money plasticky plastics
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