plastique

1. 1.

   an explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy

   Synonymsplastic explosive

   Broaderexplosive compound

Other forms of plastique

plural

plastiques·

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.

Questions about plastique

What does plastique mean?

plastique means "an explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy".

How many syllables are in plastique?

plastique has 3 syllables: pla-stiq-ue. The stress falls on "pla".

What is another word for plastique?

Close synonyms include plastic explosive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is plastique a common word?

plastique is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.