plastic Definition

plastic
noun

1. Any of a large number of synthetic materials that can be moulded by heat and/or pressure into a rigid or semi-rigid shape, used to make bottles, bowls and other containers, fibres, film, packaging, toys, construction materials, etc.
2. colloq
A credit card, or credit cards collectively
Example: Can I pay with plastic?

adj

1. Made of plastic.
2. Easily moulded or shaped; pliant.

Thesaurus: pliant, flexible, supple, malleable, ductile, tractable; Antonym: inflexible, rigid.
3. Easily influenced.
4. derog
Artificial; lacking genuine substance.
Thesaurus: substitute, synthetic, ersatz, fake.
5. Said of money: in the form of, or funded by, a credit card.
6. Relating to sculpture and modelling.

Etymology: 17c: from Greek plastikos moulded, from plassein to mould.