Plastic(a.) Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.
Plastic(a.) Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; -- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.
Plastic(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.
Plastic(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]
Plastical(a.) See Plastic.
Plastically(adv.) In a plastic manner.
Plasticity(n.) The quality or state of being plastic.
Plasticity(n.) Plastic force.
Words within plasticities