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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Money \Mon"ey\, n.; pl. Moneys . [OE. moneie, OF. moneie, F. monnaie, fr. L. moneta. See Mint place where coin is made, Mind , and cf. Moidore , Monetary .] A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined, or stamped, and issued by the sovereign ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Plastic is a material consisting of any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic compounds that are malleable and can be molded into solid objects. Plastics are typically organic polymers of high molecular mass , but they often contain other ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. used of the imagination; "material...transformed by the plastic power of the imagination"--Coleridge capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as wax or clay" [syn: fictile , moldable ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant. (from 17th c.) 2 (context medicine now rare English) Producing tissue. (from 17th c.) 3 (context dated English) creative, formative. (from 17th c.) 4 (context biology English) Capable of adapting ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1905, "solid substance that can be molded," originally of dental molds, from plastic (adj.). Main current meaning, "synthetic product made from oil derivatives," first recorded 1909, coined by Leo Baekeland (see bakelite ).
Usage examples of plastic.
The late show that same individuality broadening to a conception of the whole world as plastic material, sustained by a sense of understanding and support, coming into relationship and cooperation with an accumulating movement of kindred minds.
Standing now at the edge of this pond, Ambler whipped his fishing rod back and forth, trying to drop the tiny dot of burgundy fly into the yellow plastic hoop floating thirty feet away.
I stared down at the ampoule in his hand, the little glass vial and the sealed blue plastic top.
The finger was then amputated at the second joint and the plastic operation completed, with a result pleasing both to patient and operator.
Anna and Barth each took a yellow plastic hard hat from the row she indicated with a red porcelain nail and left their Stetsons in their places.
The beautician had divided the damp strands into sections, inserting small white plastic rollers as dainty as chicken bones.
The games arcade is as stuffed as ever, the floor strewn with Woozle Pup wrappers and crunched clear plastic bento boxes and chopsticks from The Great Teriyaki Experience!
The spicier varieties, usually designer ketchups, are zesty on a plastic spoon but obscure the loveliness of a crisp French fry, which the blander, mainstream brands perfectly complement.
I scooped it onto a hunk of plastic film, folded the fair-size blivit neatly, and left it nearby.
Tuscan sunset glimpsed through straggling vines was painted onto a rough-hewn wall on the far side, decorated with bunches of bloomy plastic grapes.
My collection includes everythingcandy-pink rain boots, shoes with feathers and sequins, wooden clogs, alligator-skin bootees, other footwear in plastic.
The wall was of a rocklike substance, but it was not like any rock or plastic Burl had ever seen.
Beautiful expanses of metal and plastic, each enclosed in seductively homogeneous chitin of earth tones and ochers, formed a ring around the room as secret and monolithic as Stonehenge.
Cheap hoors, he thought with satisfaction, a fancy car made of plastic.
Standing by the incubators and glove boxes, not thinking about anything in particular, breathing in the familiar odors of warm plastic and hypochlorite, the faint tang of methanol and the yeasty must of nutrient concentrate, allowing them to calm her.