A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting. / (colloquial, metonymically) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.

Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant. / (medicine, now rare) Producing tissue. / (dated) Creative, formative.

A device for melting and mixing thermoplastic materials.

plural of plasticator

(archaic) plastic

In a plastic way; through moulding; flexibly.

present participle of plasticate

simple past tense and past participle of plasticate

To transform into a plastic material.

Plastic surgery, especially as a profession.