plastic

plastic
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. moldable, malleable, ductile, formable, pliant, impressionable, formative. See form, softness. —n. thermoplastic, resin, cellulose, etc.; plastic money, credit, debit, or charge card. See materials, money, payment.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Pliant]
Syn. pliable, supple, impressionable; see flexible 1 , pliable 1 .
2. [Made from plastics]
Syn. substitute, synthetic, ersatz (German), molded, cast, cellulose; see also chemical .
See Synonym Study at pliable . n.
Syn. synthetic, synthetic compound, substitute, plastic material, processed material, polymerized substance.
Common plastics include: thermoplastic, epoxy, furane, latex, synthetic rubber, butadiene, diolefin, chloroprene, polysulfide, polyethylene, nylon, acetate, acrylic, polyester, polystyrene, PS, polypropylene, PP, polyurethane, ABS, acrylonitrile butodiene styrene, PETE, polyethylene terephthalate, HDPE, LDPE, high density polyethylene, low density polyethylene, cellophane, vinylidene chloride, phenolic, phenolformaldehyde, phenolfurfura, ethyl cellulose, urea, cellulose nitrate, acrylic, methyl methacrylate, styrene, vinyl chloride, polyvinyl chloride, PVC, melamine, copolymer vinyl, polyvinyl butyral, lignocellulose, artificial shellac. The following are trademarked plastics: Perbunan, Buna N, Chemigum, Buna S, Methyl Rubber, SKA, SKB, Sovprene, Neoprene, Thiokil, Aralac, Velon, Saran, Orlon, Bakelite, Durez, Phenolite, Textolite, Lumarith, Ethocel, Celluloid, Nitron, Lucite, Plexiglas, Styron, Lustron, Vinylite, Zinlac, Fortisan, Formica, Mylar, Teflon, Styrofoam, Lexan, Delrin, Perspex.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
flexible, malleable, pliable, pliant, supple, moldable, yielding, resilient.
ANT.: hard, unyielding, rigid
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out, as by hammering or pressure: ductile, flexible, flexile, flexuous, malleable, moldable, pliable, pliant, supple, workable. See FLEXIBLE. 2. Changing easily, as in expression: changeable, fluid, mobile. See CHANGE. 3. Easily altered or influenced: ductile, elastic, flexible, flexile, impressionable, malleable, pliable, pliant, suggestible, supple. See FLEXIBLE. 4. Physics. Capable of withstanding stress without injury: elastic, flexible, flexile, resilient, springy, supple. See FLEXIBLE. 5. Marked by unnaturalness, pretension, and often a slavish love of fads: artificial, factitious, synthetic, unnatural. See HONEST.

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