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• n  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
• n  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?
• s  capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)
  plastic substances such as wax or clay
• s  capable of being influenced or formed
  the plastic minds of children
• s  forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning

• Setting out to make an insulator, he invented the first true plastic and transformed the world.
• The plastic bags you bring home from the supermarket probably end up in a landfill.
• In the language of the laboratory, the thin, transparent material is "thermoplastic"it softens quickly when heated.

• credit card
• charge card
• charge plate
• fictile
• moldable
• pliant
• formative
• shaping

News & Articles

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• Restaurants plastic-foaming mad at Mike’s ban
  Big Apple restaurant owners are speaking out against Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed ban on plastic foam cups and food containers. Opponents rallied on the steps of City Hall yesterday before a City Council meeting where the ban was to be introduced. Speakers said the ban would cut 1,500 jobs...
  June 13, 2013 - New York Post
• Flexible plastic camera sensor headed to smartphones, wearables and more
  Bendable cameras and sensors that can flex around corners could be on the horizon, with the first flexible image sensor built on plastic being developed by Plastic Logic and ISORG. The 40 x 40 mm sensor uses a flexible, transmissive backplane created by Plastic Logic, on top of which ISORG layers an organic photodetector material Read The Full Story
  June 13, 2013 - SlashGear
• Plastic Bags Fool Turtles Into Hunting Them
  Turtles confuse plastic bags with jellyfish or other gelatinous snacks. Continue reading ?
  June 12, 2013 - Discovery News

Quotes

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• Daniel Craig in www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk
  Daniel, who was recently pictured sporting an arm sling, told Elle magazine: "It's a stupid inconvenience because we had to stop filming. But they gave me an excellent plastic surgeon."
• Drew Barrymore in E! Online (blog)
  In the August issue of Elle-where she's working a hot and sultry look on the cover-the 35-year-old tells the fashion mag, "I don't want to be vain or fearful, and I don't think I'll do anything [in terms of plastic surgery], but if I want to do...
• Laura Bush in Buffalo News
  There I was,Bush said. "Former president of the United States, with a plastic bag in my hand, picking up what I had been dodging for eight solid years."