Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. modelling clay.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a synthetic material resembling clay but remaining soft; used as a substitute for clay or wax in modeling (especially in schools)
Examples
“For curved surfaces, as cylinders, any of these methods can be used; the plasticine is the more successful.”
“Benjie has set his heart on plasticine, which is even more undesirable.”
“A rectangular block of "plasticine" (modelling clay) into which the conical ends can be thrust makes a very convenient stand for these small tubes.”
“That's the kind of plasticine-sharp insight you expect from the”
“To revitalize the stale sci-fi franchise, director J.J. Abrams has compiled a cast with the kind of plasticine perfection that emmotes volumes in a galaxy overrun with Klingons, Romulans and other pesky intergalactic scum.”
“They turned out to be tomatoes so plasticine and so identical they could have been stamped out by the same machine.”
“The 80's are over, and the well-oiled tan has been relegated to Staten Island, while conversely, nothing says Upper East Side lady-who-lunches more than a smooth, white, and almost plasticine forehead.”
The Huffington Post: Verena von Pfetten: Tan Is The New Tacky
“His body detached from his head, the clean break at the neck like plasticine being pulled apart.”
“Purple,' said my daughter holding out a ball of hardened plasticine.”
The Huffington Post: Louisa Leontiades: Why Customer Delight Is So Important in Online Business
“How long before the GOP has another bimbo eruption on their hands, and poor Mrs. Sanford is dragged out to stand behind her idiot husband with a plasticine smile on her face for the cameras while he confesses his infidelity – or worse?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘plasticine’.
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End of Plastic
List of words, mostly adjectives, that end in -plastic.
Ironic that in this list "plastic", contrary to its definition, remains fixed and immutable at the end of each word. Only the ac...dysplastic, paraneoplastic, desmoplastic, thermoplastic, symplastic, apoplastic, alloplastic, anaplastic, homoplastic, amnioplastic, arthroplastic, autoplastic and 159 more...
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Flora and Fauna
Words I am fond of
plasticine, flitter tree, honey pond, space invaders, throttle, rodomontade

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