OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 5904

plastic

/ˈplæstɪk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
maleable • plástico
Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
[A]nd it is highly probable that along with more splendid habits of life entered a more lavish use of the gorgeous stores laid open to the plastic powers of fiction.
the rage […] betook itself at last to certain missile weapons; which, though from their plastic nature they threatened neither the loss of life or of limb, were, however, sufficien…
maleable
Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
de plástico • plástico
Made of plastic.
A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on…
A green plastic watering can / For a fake Chinese rubber plant / In a fake plastic earth / That she bought from a rubber man / In a town full of rubber plans / To get rid of itself