plastic – English noun declension

English noun forms of plastic

Noun: plastic
Singularplastic
Pluralplastics

Sample Sentences

  • Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. Dr Mincer and Dr Amaral-Zettler found evidence of them on their marine plastic, too. [2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:]
  • Reducing plastic waste is a crucial problem for today’s environment, and whether it’s recyclable and biodegradable phone cases or sustainable fashion, there are plenty of eco-friendly products that can help you reduce your footprint. [2020 October 22, Kai Burkhardt, “31 eco-friendly products to live sustainably in 2024”, in CNN:]
  • These endocrine disruptors are everywhere: plastics, shampoos, cosmetics, cushions, pesticides, canned foods and A.T.M. receipts. They often aren’t on labels and can be difficult to avoid. [2021 February 20, Nicholas Kristof, “What Are Sperm Telling Us?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]
  • I knew the war between cash and credit cards was over and plastic had won, hands down, when even Mickey D's started taking credit and debit cards.
  • The surgeon checks your plastic on the phone / a Casio concerto entertains you while you hold [1990, Fish, “Big Wedge”, in Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors:]
  • It's all about fast cars and cussing each other / but it doesn't matter cause I'm packing plastic / and that's what makes my life so fucking fantastic. [2008, Lily Allen, “The Fear”, in It's Not Me, It's You:]
  • Cady: You know I couldn't invite you. I had to pretend to be plastic.
  • Janis: Hey, buddy, you're not pretending anymore. You're plastic. Cold, shiny, hard plastic. [2004, Rosalind Wiseman, Tina Fey, Mean Girls:]
  • Tessa: Pretty ironic that a box full of rubbers landed me to a town full of plastic. [2011, Emily Kapnek, Suburgatory:]
  • Somebody's had a plastic done on his nose, I think, or else somebody bent it out of shape since I last saw it. [1951, Arnold Hano, The Big Out, page 146:]

Etymology

From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”). Doublet of plastique. See: Latin Nouns 'plasticus'.

Verbs referencing "plastic"

Danish Nouns plastic, Dutch Nouns plastic, French Nouns plastic, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns plast, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns plast, Slovak Nouns plast, German Nouns Plastik.