Plastic
adjective
A material that can be shaped and molded into any form. It is cheap and widely used.
The water bottles are made from plastic.
Often appears as...
- plastic bag
- plastic bottle
noun
A type of material that is created by chemical processes and can be shaped when it is soft and then hardened to keep its shape.
Most toys are made of plastic.
Often appears as...
- piece of plastic
- plastic waste
adjective
Able to be molded, altered, or bent.
The plastic qualities of clay make it perfect for sculpting.
Often appears as...
- plastic behavior
- plastic properties
adjective
Not genuine or sincere.
His plastic smile didn't convince anyone.
Often appears as...
- plastic smile
- plastic manners
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Relating to molding or shaping things.
The sculptor used plastic techniques to create the statue.
Often appears as...
- plastic art
- plastic form
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Related to credit cards.
I paid with plastic for the groceries.
Often appears as...
- pay with plastic
- plastic money
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adjective
A material that can be shaped and molded into any form. It is cheap and widely used.
The water bottles are made from plastic.
Often appears as...
- plastic bag
- plastic bottle
noun
A type of material that is created by chemical processes and can be shaped when it is soft and then hardened to keep its shape.
Most toys are made of plastic.
Often appears as...
- piece of plastic
- plastic waste
adjective
Able to be molded, altered, or bent.
The plastic qualities of clay make it perfect for sculpting.
Often appears as...
- plastic behavior
- plastic properties
adjective
Not genuine or sincere.
His plastic smile didn't convince anyone.
Often appears as...
- plastic smile
- plastic manners
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Relating to molding or shaping things.
The sculptor used plastic techniques to create the statue.
Often appears as...
- plastic art
- plastic form
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Related to credit cards.
I paid with plastic for the groceries.
Often appears as...
- pay with plastic
- plastic money
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/2Ubiquitous Material
Plastic is incredibly common in daily life, from packaging to products.
Plastic chairs are everywhere in the park.
Pro Tip 2/2Environmental Concerns
Plastic often relates to environmental impact due to its durability and disposal issues.
Many are campaigning against plastic straws.
Pro Tip 1/2Ubiquitous Material
Plastic is incredibly common in daily life, from packaging to products.
Plastic chairs are everywhere in the park.
Pro Tip 2/2Environmental Concerns
Plastic often relates to environmental impact due to its durability and disposal issues.
Many are campaigning against plastic straws.
Pro Tip 1/2Ubiquitous Material
Plastic is incredibly common in daily life, from packaging to products.
Plastic chairs are everywhere in the park.
Pro Tip 2/2Environmental Concerns
Plastic often relates to environmental impact due to its durability and disposal issues.
Many are campaigning against plastic straws.
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Are Crows the Ultimate...
Imagine that you're a crow. Here's your food in a deep hole. How would you go about, with the tools available to you on this table, solving this problem? The bird's tool kit includes a short stick hanging on a piece of string, three stones inside wooden cages, and a longer stick trapped in a plastic box.
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Creating a Bio-Industrial...
wind up dispersed all over the place like plastic swirling in the ocean gyres life concentrates materials doesn't disperse them these are deep patterns what happens is I bought one material system that tightened composite that that beetle is made of has all the
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Michael McDaniel: Cheap,...
Now, how does the most powerful country in the world handle these displaced people? They cram them onto cots, put all your personal belongings in a plastic garbage bag, stick it underneath, and put you on the floor of an entire sports arena, or a gymnasium.
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What really happens to...
which are washed and melted, so they become the raw materials that can be used again. As if by magic, bottle three is now ready to be reborn as something completely new. For this bit of plastic with such humble origins, suddenly the sky is the limit.
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The nurdles' quest for...
Produced in several countries and shipped to plastic manufacturing plants the world over, nurdles often escape during the production process, carried by runoff to the coast or during shipping when they're mistakenly tipped into the waves.
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The science of static...
Otherwise you'd be getting zapped all the time. Conductors like metals and salt water tend to have loosely bound outer electrons, which can easily flow between molecules. On the other hand, insulators like plastics, rubber and glass
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How to unboil an egg -...
This technique works with all sorts of proteins. Bigger, messier proteins can be more resistant to being pulled apart, so scientists attach a plastic bead to one end that adds extra stress and encourages it to fold up first.
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How We Can Keep Plastics...
the bottom of the sea anyone can make plastic anywhere in the world and sell it anywhere else in the world there's no design paradigm there's no barriers in order to solve the plastic packaging problem we need to
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Flying Spiders! PIPE Animal...
static electricity and this small piece of plastic to represent an organism and do the same to make that organism fly but which type of creature could travel around the world
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Deadly Killer Whale...
i think they've just really want to find out what this strange plastic yellow boat in their world is i'm seeing firsthand how intelligent they are
Video examples
Are Crows the Ultimate...
Imagine that you're a crow. Here's your food in a deep hole. How would you go about, with the tools available to you on this table, solving this problem? The bird's tool kit includes a short stick hanging on a piece of string, three stones inside wooden cages, and a longer stick trapped in a plastic box.
Video examples
Creating a Bio-Industrial...
wind up dispersed all over the place like plastic swirling in the ocean gyres life concentrates materials doesn't disperse them these are deep patterns what happens is I bought one material system that tightened composite that that beetle is made of has all the
Video examples
Michael McDaniel: Cheap,...
Now, how does the most powerful country in the world handle these displaced people? They cram them onto cots, put all your personal belongings in a plastic garbage bag, stick it underneath, and put you on the floor of an entire sports arena, or a gymnasium.
Video examples
What really happens to...
which are washed and melted, so they become the raw materials that can be used again. As if by magic, bottle three is now ready to be reborn as something completely new. For this bit of plastic with such humble origins, suddenly the sky is the limit.
Video examples
The nurdles' quest for...
Produced in several countries and shipped to plastic manufacturing plants the world over, nurdles often escape during the production process, carried by runoff to the coast or during shipping when they're mistakenly tipped into the waves.
Video examples
The science of static...
Otherwise you'd be getting zapped all the time. Conductors like metals and salt water tend to have loosely bound outer electrons, which can easily flow between molecules. On the other hand, insulators like plastics, rubber and glass
Video examples
How to unboil an egg -...
This technique works with all sorts of proteins. Bigger, messier proteins can be more resistant to being pulled apart, so scientists attach a plastic bead to one end that adds extra stress and encourages it to fold up first.
Video examples
How We Can Keep Plastics...
the bottom of the sea anyone can make plastic anywhere in the world and sell it anywhere else in the world there's no design paradigm there's no barriers in order to solve the plastic packaging problem we need to
Video examples
Flying Spiders! PIPE Animal...
static electricity and this small piece of plastic to represent an organism and do the same to make that organism fly but which type of creature could travel around the world
Video examples
Deadly Killer Whale...
i think they've just really want to find out what this strange plastic yellow boat in their world is i'm seeing firsthand how intelligent they are
Example 1 of 10
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Jeff Dunham
American Comedian
I'll come up with an idea for a character, and I'll write some jokes and make sure that that character is going to have some legs to it - that it's really going to work. If I can come up with jokes and material that I think will work, then I make a cheap version of the doll. Achmed started out just being this little plastic toy from the store.
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Sam Mendes
British Director
It took me a long time to film the plastic bag, and then I had to get the cut of the scene right. But if you find it as beautiful as the character does, then suddenly it becomes a different movie, and so did he as a character.
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Matt Bevin
American Politician
People are hungry for someone who is real. They are hungry for something that is not the same plastic nonsense that has cause us to have such little respect for our political process and our political officials.
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Piet Mondrian
Dutch Artist
One can rightly speak of an evolution in plastic art. It is of the greatest importance to note this fact, for it reveals the true way of art - the only path along which we can advance.
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Jonathan Bennett
British Philosopher
I think the qualities I look for in a girl I'd like to be my girlfriend would be the way Lindsay's character is before she becomes a plastic. Very real.
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Sam Kean
American Writer
The brain, which is plastic when young, must be exposed to certain sights early in life, or it will remain blind to those sights forever.
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Sandi Toksvig
British Writer
Sitting on a plastic chair at night listening to the sea lapping below while sipping a cold beer is about as good as life gets.
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Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
American Scientist
One of my big pet peeves is single-use plastic bags. I think it's one of the stupidest ideas in the world.
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Bill Janklow
American Politician
The rest of the world wants our cash; we like plastic.
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Karen Kingsbury
American Novelist
My characters are not plastic.
Quote examples
Jeff Dunham
American Comedian
I'll come up with an idea for a character, and I'll write some jokes and make sure that that character is going to have some legs to it - that it's really going to work. If I can come up with jokes and material that I think will work, then I make a cheap version of the doll. Achmed started out just being this little plastic toy from the store.
Quote examples
Sam Mendes
British Director
It took me a long time to film the plastic bag, and then I had to get the cut of the scene right. But if you find it as beautiful as the character does, then suddenly it becomes a different movie, and so did he as a character.
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Matt Bevin
American Politician
People are hungry for someone who is real. They are hungry for something that is not the same plastic nonsense that has cause us to have such little respect for our political process and our political officials.
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Piet Mondrian
Dutch Artist
One can rightly speak of an evolution in plastic art. It is of the greatest importance to note this fact, for it reveals the true way of art - the only path along which we can advance.
Quote examples
Jonathan Bennett
British Philosopher
I think the qualities I look for in a girl I'd like to be my girlfriend would be the way Lindsay's character is before she becomes a plastic. Very real.
Quote examples
Sam Kean
American Writer
The brain, which is plastic when young, must be exposed to certain sights early in life, or it will remain blind to those sights forever.
Quote examples
Sandi Toksvig
British Writer
Sitting on a plastic chair at night listening to the sea lapping below while sipping a cold beer is about as good as life gets.
Quote examples
Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
American Scientist
One of my big pet peeves is single-use plastic bags. I think it's one of the stupidest ideas in the world.
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Bill Janklow
American Politician
The rest of the world wants our cash; we like plastic.
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Karen Kingsbury
American Novelist
My characters are not plastic.
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