Plastic vs. Fibre

Plasticnoun

A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.

Plasticnoun

Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.

Plasticnoun

(slang) Fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population.

Plasticnoun

(obsolete) A sculptor, moulder.

Plasticnoun

(archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.

Plasticadjective

Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.

Plasticadjective

Producing tissue.

Plasticadjective

(dated) Creative, formative.

Plasticadjective

(biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.

Plasticadjective

Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.

Plasticadjective

Made of plastic.

Plasticadjective

Inferior or not the real thing.

Plasticadjective

Fake.

Plasticadjective

Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.

Plasticadjective

Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; - used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.

Plasticadjective

Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; - said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts.

Plasticnoun

A substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [MW10 gives origin of word as 1905]

Plasticnoun

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

Plasticadjective

used of the imagination;

Plasticadjective

capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material);

Plasticadjective

capable of being influenced or formed;

Plasticnoun

a synthetic material made from a wide range of organic polymers such as polyethylene, PVC, nylon, etc., that can be moulded into shape while soft, and then set into a rigid or slightly elastic form

Plasticnoun

credit cards or other types of plastic card that can be used as money

Plasticadjective

made of plastic

Plasticadjective

not genuine; artificial or unnatural

Plasticadjective

(of a substance or material) easily shaped or moulded

Plasticadjective

offering scope for creativity

Plasticadjective

exhibiting adaptability to change or variety in the environment.

Plasticadjective

relating to moulding or modelling in three dimensions, or to produce three-dimensional effects

Plasticadjective

(in science and technology) relating to the permanent deformation of a solid without fracture by the temporary application of force.

Plastic

Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient. Their plasticity makes it possible for plastics to be moulded, extruded or pressed into solid objects of various shapes.

Fibrenoun

(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.

Fibrenoun

(uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.

Fibrenoun

Dietary fibre.

Fibrenoun

Moral strength and resolve.

Fibrenoun

(mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.

Fibrenoun

(category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.

Fibrenoun

(computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.

Fibrenoun

A long tubular cell found in muscle tissue; myocyte.

Fibrenoun

Same as fiber.

Fibrenoun

a slender and greatly elongated solid substance

Fibrenoun

the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions;

Fibrenoun

a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth

Fibrenoun

a thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed

Fibrenoun

a substance formed of fibres

Fibrenoun

a threadlike structure forming part of the muscular, nervous, connective, or other tissue in the human or animal body

Fibrenoun

strength of character

Fibrenoun

dietary material containing substances such as cellulose, lignin, and pectin, that are resistant to the action of digestive enzymes.