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

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

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

(slang) An instance of plastic surgery.

(obsolete) A sculptor, moulder.

(archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.

Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant. +

(medicine, now rare) Producing tissue.

(dated) Creative, formative.

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

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

Made of plastic.

(figurative, derogatory) Inferior or not the real thing. +

(figurative, informal, of a person) Fake, insincere, especially in a shallow and conformist way pretending to smoothness and glossy flawlessness. +

(informal, birdwatching, of an individual bird) Escaped from captivity, rather than wild.

(informal, birdwatching, of a species or individual bird) Introduced, rather than native or naturally vagrant.