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say it: PLA-stik
plastic is an adjective and noun meaning "capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)". It carries 5 recorded senses.
capable of being influenced or formed
“the plastic minds of children”
“a pliant nature”
forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
“a formative influence”
“a formative experience”
“the plastic forces of nature”
generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
“do you take plastic?”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for plastic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.