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"text": "→ Japanese: プラスチック (purasuchikku)"
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"text": "→ Korean: 플라스틱 (peullaseutik)"
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"2": "plastiki",
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"5": "of molding"
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"2": "grc",
"3": "πλαστικός",
"4": ""
},
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"2": "πλάσσω",
"t": "to mold, form"
},
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"etymology_text": "From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”).",
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"plural"
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"ref": "2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845",
"text": "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.",
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"A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting."
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"thermoplastic",
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"thermosetting",
"thermosetting"
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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plastik"
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "blastīk",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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"masculine"
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"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"roman": "mīka",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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"Moroccan-Arabic",
"feminine"
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"word": "ميكا"
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"roman": "plastmassa",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "պլաստմասսա"
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"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "պլաստիկ"
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plastmas"
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"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plastik"
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"code": "bjn",
"lang": "Banjarese",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "panyu"
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"code": "eu",
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"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plastiko"
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"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "plastmása",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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"roman": "plástyk",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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"roman": "plasṭik",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "প্লাস্টিক"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "plastmása",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kau",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "ကော်"
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"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "pa.lapca.tac",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "ပလပ်စတစ်"
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"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "ပလတ်စတစ်"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plàstic"
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"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "ꮝꮣꭺꭲ"
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "塑膠"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sou³ gaau¹, sok³ gaau¹",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "塑胶"
},
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "膠"
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{
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gaau¹",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "胶"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sùliào",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "塑料"
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{
"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "塑膠"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sùjiāo",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "塑胶"
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"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
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"word": "umělá hmota"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
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"word": "plast"
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"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
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"word": "plast"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plastic"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
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"word": "plastiek"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
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"word": "kunststof"
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plasto"
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plast"
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plastmass"
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"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "plast"
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
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"word": "plastik"
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"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "muovi"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plastique"
},
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"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "plástico"
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"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗlasṭmasa",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "პლასტმასა"
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"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗlasṭiḳi",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "პლასტიკი"
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"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Kunststoff"
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{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "Plastik"
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"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Plast"
},
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"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Plaste"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "plastikó",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πλαστικό"
},
{
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"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "apỹipenga"
},
{
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"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "kacakḍũ",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "કચકડું"
},
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"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plastik"
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"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "plástik",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "פְּלָסְטִיק"
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"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "plāsṭik",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "प्लास्टिक"
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"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "műanyag"
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{
"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "plast"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plastiko"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plaisteach"
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{
"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plastica"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "purasuchikku",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "プラスチック"
},
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"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
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"roman": "pura",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "プラ"
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "plastmassa",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "пластмасса"
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"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "plastik",
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"word": "пластик"
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "plaastɨk",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "ប្លាស្ទិក"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "peullaseutik",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "플라스틱"
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"code": "ky",
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"roman": "plastmassa",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sa tik",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "ສະຕິກ"
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{
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"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pa lā sa tik",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "ປະລາສະຕິກ"
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"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "plastika",
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"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plastik"
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{
"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "plāsṟṟikŭ",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "പ്ലാസ്റ്റിക്"
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{
"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "parateke"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "kirihou"
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"word": "parahitiki"
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"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "plāsṭik",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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"word": "प्लास्टिक"
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"code": "mn",
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"roman": "xuvancar",
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"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "tó doo bináká nílíní"
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"roman": "plāsṭik",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "प्लास्टिक"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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"word": "plast"
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{
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pelâstik",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "پلاستیک"
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
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"word": "Plastik"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "plastik"
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{
"_dis1": "78 3 3 8 1 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plástico"
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{
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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"word": "plastic"
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{
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"code": "ru",
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"word": "պլաստիկ"
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"word": "plastikk"
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"lang": "Russian",
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"word": "пласти́чный"
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"_dis1": "83 3 3 6 2 1 1 1",
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"word": "plástico"
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"formative",
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"(dated) Creative, formative."
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"word": "luova"
}
]
},
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"kind": "topical",
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"Fundamental"
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"(biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability."
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "prisposobjavašt se",
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"word": "приспособяващ се"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions",
"word": "plàstic"
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions",
"word": "plastinen"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions",
"word": "mukautuva"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 8 5 59 4 3 3 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions",
"word": "muuntautumiskykyinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 8 5 59 4 3 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions",
"word": "plastisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 8 5 59 4 3 3 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions",
"word": "malleabile"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 8 5 59 4 3 3 3",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gíbkij",
"sense": "biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions",
"word": "ги́бкий"
},
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"word": "plastinen"
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{
"ref": "1995, Radiohead (lyrics and music), “Fake Plastic Trees”, in The Bends",
"text": "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",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"roman": "blastīkiyy",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "بْلَاسْتِيكِيّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "plastmassaye",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "պլաստմասսայե"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "plastmásavy",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "пластма́савы"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "plástykavy",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "пла́стыкавы"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "plasṭik",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "প্লাস্টিক"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "plastmásov",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "пластма́сов"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plàstic"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sùliào",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "塑料"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plastový"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plastic"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plasta"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "muovinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "muovi-"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plastique"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "in compound words",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "Plastik-"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "Kunststoff-"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plastico"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plastica"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xuvancar",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "хуванцар"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plastikowy"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plastmássovyj",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "пластма́ссовый"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plástikovyj",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "пла́стиковый"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plástico"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "de plástico"
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{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plast-"
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{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pláas-dtìk",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "พลาสติก"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "plastmásovyj",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "пластма́совий"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "plástykovyj",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "пла́стиковий"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plastig"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plestik"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 0 2 1 92 1 0",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "plastish",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "פּלאַסטיש"
}
]
},
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{
"_dis": "8 13 19 0 6 0 15 0 3 3 10 0 20 3",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "People",
"orig": "en:People",
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"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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{
"ref": "1969, Lowell D. Streiker, The gospel of irreligious religion, page 83",
"text": "The Hippie has been replaced by the pseudo-Hippie, the plastic Hippie, the weekend Hippie",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Daniel Sinker, We owe you nothing: Punk Planet: the collected interviews, page 238",
"text": "People always try to say that we're garage rock, but that scene is so plastic. Some dude in a band has tight jeans, dyed black hair, and a starving girlfriend with bangs, and people call it indie rock. It's so gross.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Matt James Mason, The pirate's dilemma: how youth culture is reinventing capitalism",
"text": "Frustrated by a globalized music industry force-feeding them plastic pop music, hackers, remixers, and activists began to mobilize...",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Inferior or not the real thing."
],
"id": "en-plastic-en-adj-fxsFDpRK",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ersatz"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 1 0 93 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "inferior or not the real thing",
"word": "muovinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 1 0 93 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "inferior or not the real thing",
"word": "muovi-"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 1 0 93 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "inferior or not the real thing",
"word": "keinotekoinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 1 0 93 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "inferior or not the real thing",
"word": "keino-"
}
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "genuine"
},
{
"word": "sincere"
}
],
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1966, Calvin C. Hernton, White papers for white Americans, page 67",
"text": "He kissed the white woman once, and it was so artificial, so plastic (that's the word, plastic) that one wondered why did they bother at all.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1967, “Plastic People”, in Frank Zappa (music), Absolutely Free, performed by The Mothers of Invention",
"text": "Then go home and check yourself / You think we're singing 'bout someone else… / But you're plastic people / You gotta go",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1971, Gil Scott-Heron (lyrics and music), “Lady Day and John Coltrane”, in Pieces of a Man",
"text": "Plastic people with plastic minds / Are on their way to plastic homes",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1973, Eric Berne, What do you say after you say hello?, page 120",
"text": "In fact it seems as though there are two kinds of people in the world: real people and plastic people, as the Flower Children used to say.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2006, Catherine Coulter, Born to Be Wild, page 71",
"text": "But I don't think she would be happy in Los Angeles — it's so plastic and cheap and they expect the women to be whores to get anywhere.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Lady Gaga, Paparazzi",
"text": "We're plastic but we'll still have fun!",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014, James Baldwin, James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations",
"text": "And further, I don't see anything in American life – for myself – to aspire to. Nothing at all. It's all so very false. So shallow, so plastic, so morally and ethically corrupt.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"fake; insincere."
],
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"fake",
"fake"
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"(figurative, informal, of a person) fake; insincere."
],
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{
"word": "fake"
},
{
"word": "insincere"
}
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"figuratively",
"informal",
"of a person"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈplæstɪk/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈplɑːstɪk/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈplæstɪk/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈpʰlæstɪk]",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-æstɪk"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-plastic.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6e/En-us-plastic.ogg/En-us-plastic.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/En-us-plastic.ogg",
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"US"
],
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}
],
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"tags": [
"archaic"
],
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}
],
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{
"_dis1": "7 8 25 6 6 7 14 26",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "slang, of a person: fake, snobbish",
"word": "falski"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 8 25 6 6 7 14 26",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "slang, of a person: fake, snobbish",
"word": "plastik"
}
],
"word": "plastic"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
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},
{
"word": "microplastic"
},
{
"word": "nanoplastic"
},
{
"word": "neuroplastic"
},
{
"word": "plasticard"
},
{
"word": "pyroplastic"
}
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"2": "プラスチック",
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"tr": "purasuchikku"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
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{
"args": {
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"2": "플라스틱",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 플라스틱 (peullaseutik)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "plastiki",
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}
],
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}
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"2": "la",
"3": "plasticus",
"4": "",
"5": "of molding"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "πλαστικός",
"4": ""
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
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},
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"name": "m"
}
],
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{
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"tags": [
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}
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{
"args": {
"1": "~"
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"plas‧tic"
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"pos": "noun",
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],
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{
"ref": "2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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[
"polymer",
"polymer"
],
[
"thermoplastic",
"thermoplastic"
],
[
"thermosetting",
"thermosetting"
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"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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"English metonyms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"ref": "2008, Lily Allen, The Fear",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services."
],
"links": [
[
"Credit",
"credit card"
],
[
"debit card",
"debit card"
],
[
"cash",
"cash"
]
],
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"(colloquial, metonymically) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services."
],
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"colloquial",
"countable",
"metonymically",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"ref": "2004, Rosalind Wiseman, Tina Fey, Mean Girls",
"text": "Cady: You know I couldn't invite you. I had to pretend to be plastic.\nJanis: Hey, buddy, you're not pretending anymore. You're plastic. Cold, shiny, hard plastic.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Emily Kapnek, Suburgatory",
"text": "Tessa: Pretty ironic that a box full of rubbers landed me to a town full of plastic.",
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}
],
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],
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[
"insincerity",
"insincerity"
],
[
"fakeness",
"fakeness"
],
[
"fake",
"fake"
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[
"arrogant",
"arrogant"
]
],
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},
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{
"ref": "1951, Arnold Hano, The Big Out, page 146",
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}
],
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"An instance of plastic surgery."
],
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[
"plastic surgery",
"plastic surgery"
]
],
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"(slang, countable) An instance of plastic surgery."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"slang"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A sculptor, moulder."
],
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[
"sculptor",
"sculptor"
],
[
"moulder",
"moulder"
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],
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"(obsolete) A sculptor, moulder."
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"countable",
"obsolete",
"uncountable"
]
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"English terms with archaic senses"
],
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"Any solid but malleable substance."
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"(archaic) Any solid but malleable substance."
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"archaic",
"countable",
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈplæstɪk/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈplɑːstɪk/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈplæstɪk/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈpʰlæstɪk]",
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"US"
]
},
{
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "blastīk",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "acw",
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"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "plāstīk",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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"Moroccan-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
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"code": "ary",
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"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "plastmassa",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "պլաստմասսա"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "plastik",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "պլաստիկ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plastmas"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plastik"
},
{
"code": "bjn",
"lang": "Banjarese",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "panyu"
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{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plastiko"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "plastmása",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
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"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "plasṭik",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "প্লাস্টিক"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "plastmása",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "my",
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"roman": "kau",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "ကော်"
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "pa.lapca.tac",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "ပလပ်စတစ်"
},
{
"code": "my",
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"roman": "pa.latca.tac",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "ပလတ်စတစ်"
},
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plàstic"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "ꮝꮣꭺꭲ"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "塑膠"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sou³ gaau¹, sok³ gaau¹",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "塑胶"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "膠"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gaau¹",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sùliào",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "塑料"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "塑膠"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sùjiāo",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "塑胶"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "umělá hmota"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plast"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plastic"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plasto"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plast"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plastmass"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "plast"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "muovi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plastique"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plástico"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗlasṭmasa",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "პლასტმასა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗlasṭiḳi",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "პლასტიკი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kunststoff"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Plastik"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Plast"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Plaste"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "plastikó",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πλαστικό"
},
{
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "apỹipenga"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "kacakḍũ",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "કચકડું"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plastik"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "plástik",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "פְּלָסְטִיק"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "plāsṭik",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "प्लास्टिक"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "műanyag"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "plast"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plastiko"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plaisteach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plastica"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "purasuchikku",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "プラスチック"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "pura",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "プラ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "plastmassa",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "пластмасса"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "plastik",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "пластик"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "plaastɨk",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "ប្លាស្ទិក"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "peullaseutik",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "플라스틱"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "plastmassa",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "пластмасса"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "plastik",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "пластик"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sa tik",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "ສະຕິກ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pa lā sa tik",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "ປະລາສະຕິກ"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plastmasa"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plastikas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "plastika",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пластика"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plastik"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "plāsṟṟikŭ",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "പ്ലാസ്റ്റിക്"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "parateke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "kirihou"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "parahitiki"
},
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"code": "mr",
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"neuter"
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"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
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"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
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"code": "ne",
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
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"neuter"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "plastik"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "plástico"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "ru",
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"masculine"
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"code": "sh",
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"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
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"code": "sh",
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"Roman",
"feminine"
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"masculine"
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"code": "sk",
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"feminine"
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"code": "so",
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"code": "dsb",
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"feminine"
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"code": "es",
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"masculine"
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"code": "sw",
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"code": "tl",
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{
"code": "ta",
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"word": "நெகிழி"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
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"word": "พลาสติก"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "sulyaw",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "سۇلياۋ"
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"code": "ug",
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"code": "uz",
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{
"code": "uz",
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "nhựa"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "chất dẻo"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "plastig"
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{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
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"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פּלאַסטיק"
},
{
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "synthetic thermoplastic polymer",
"word": "suliu"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "nl",
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},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"common-gender"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"word": "muovi"
},
{
"code": "gl",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any similar synthetic material",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "any similar synthetic material",
"word": "műanyag"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plaisteach"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "any similar synthetic material",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plástico"
},
{
"code": "sh",
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"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"Roman",
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"feminine"
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"code": "es",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "tl",
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"sense": "any similar synthetic material",
"word": "plastik"
},
{
"code": "th",
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"roman": "pláas-dtìk",
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"word": "พลาสติก"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
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"word": "plastik"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bánkova kárta",
"sense": "colloquial: credit cards or debit cards",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́нкова ка́рта"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "colloquial: credit cards or debit cards",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pinpas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "colloquial: credit cards or debit cards",
"word": "muoviraha"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "colloquial: credit cards or debit cards",
"word": "muovi"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "colloquial: credit cards or debit cards",
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"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "colloquial: credit cards or debit cards",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "colloquial: credit cards or debit cards",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "colloquial: credit cards or debit cards",
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"feminine"
],
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{
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{
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{
"word": "plastic surgery"
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{
"word": "plastic wood"
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{
"word": "plazzy"
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"ref": ", Folio Society 1973, page 103",
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"ref": "1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth",
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"ref": "1898, Journal of Microscopy, page 256",
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"ref": "2012, Adam Zeman, ‘Only Connect’, Literary Review, number 399",
"text": "while the broad pattern of connections between brain regions is similar in every healthy human brain, their details – their number, size and strength – are thought to underpin our individuality, as synapses are ‘plastic’, shaped by experience.",
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{
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],
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"medicine",
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],
[
"tissue",
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"archaic"
],
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"sciences"
]
},
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"categories": [
"English dated terms"
],
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"Creative, formative."
],
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[
"Creative",
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"ref": "1995, Radiohead (lyrics and music), “Fake Plastic Trees”, in The Bends",
"text": "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",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Made of plastic."
]
},
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"English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"ref": "1969, Lowell D. Streiker, The gospel of irreligious religion, page 83",
"text": "The Hippie has been replaced by the pseudo-Hippie, the plastic Hippie, the weekend Hippie",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Daniel Sinker, We owe you nothing: Punk Planet: the collected interviews, page 238",
"text": "People always try to say that we're garage rock, but that scene is so plastic. Some dude in a band has tight jeans, dyed black hair, and a starving girlfriend with bangs, and people call it indie rock. It's so gross.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Matt James Mason, The pirate's dilemma: how youth culture is reinventing capitalism",
"text": "Frustrated by a globalized music industry force-feeding them plastic pop music, hackers, remixers, and activists began to mobilize...",
"type": "quotation"
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"word": "ersatz"
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"word": "genuine"
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{
"word": "sincere"
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"English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"ref": "1966, Calvin C. Hernton, White papers for white Americans, page 67",
"text": "He kissed the white woman once, and it was so artificial, so plastic (that's the word, plastic) that one wondered why did they bother at all.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1967, “Plastic People”, in Frank Zappa (music), Absolutely Free, performed by The Mothers of Invention",
"text": "Then go home and check yourself / You think we're singing 'bout someone else… / But you're plastic people / You gotta go",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1971, Gil Scott-Heron (lyrics and music), “Lady Day and John Coltrane”, in Pieces of a Man",
"text": "Plastic people with plastic minds / Are on their way to plastic homes",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1973, Eric Berne, What do you say after you say hello?, page 120",
"text": "In fact it seems as though there are two kinds of people in the world: real people and plastic people, as the Flower Children used to say.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2006, Catherine Coulter, Born to Be Wild, page 71",
"text": "But I don't think she would be happy in Los Angeles — it's so plastic and cheap and they expect the women to be whores to get anywhere.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Lady Gaga, Paparazzi",
"text": "We're plastic but we'll still have fun!",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014, James Baldwin, James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations",
"text": "And further, I don't see anything in American life – for myself – to aspire to. Nothing at all. It's all so very false. So shallow, so plastic, so morally and ethically corrupt.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"word": "fake"
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{
"word": "insincere"
}
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"informal",
"of a person"
]
}
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"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈplɑːstɪk/",
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"UK"
]
},
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"ipa": "/ˈplæstɪk/",
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]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈpʰlæstɪk]",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-æstɪk"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-plastic.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6e/En-us-plastic.ogg/En-us-plastic.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/En-us-plastic.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "plastick"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "plastik",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "պլաստիկ"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "plastiko"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "plastíčen",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "пласти́чен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "plàstic"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "tvárný"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "plastisch"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "muovailtava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "plastinen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "plastisch"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "plastikós",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "πλαστικός"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "plaisteach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "plastico"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "plastikk"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "plástico"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plastíčnyj",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "пласти́чный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "maleable"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "plástico"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "plastisk"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "formbar"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "nekiḻi",
"sense": "capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant",
"word": "நெகிழி"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "creative, formative",
"word": "luova"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prisposobjavašt se",
"sense": "biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions",
"word": "приспособяващ се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions",
"word": "plàstic"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions",
"word": "plastinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions",
"word": "mukautuva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions",
"word": "muuntautumiskykyinen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions",
"word": "plastisch"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions",
"word": "malleabile"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gíbkij",
"sense": "biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions",
"word": "ги́бкий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions",
"word": "maleable"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "plastičen",
"sense": "of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material",
"word": "пластичен"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material",
"word": "plastinen"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "blastīkiyy",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "بْلَاسْتِيكِيّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "plastmassaye",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "պլաստմասսայե"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "plastmásavy",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "пластма́савы"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "plástykavy",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "пла́стыкавы"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "plasṭik",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "প্লাস্টিক"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "plastmásov",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "пластма́сов"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plàstic"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sùliào",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "塑料"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plastový"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plastic"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plasta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "muovinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "muovi-"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plastique"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "in compound words",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "Plastik-"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "Kunststoff-"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plastico"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plastica"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xuvancar",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "хуванцар"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plastikowy"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plastmássovyj",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "пластма́ссовый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plástikovyj",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "пла́стиковый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plástico"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "de plástico"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plast-"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pláas-dtìk",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "พลาสติก"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "plastmásovyj",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "пластма́совий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "plástykovyj",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "пла́стиковий"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plastig"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "plestik"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "plastish",
"sense": "made of plastic",
"word": "פּלאַסטיש"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "inferior or not the real thing",
"word": "muovinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "inferior or not the real thing",
"word": "muovi-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "inferior or not the real thing",
"word": "keinotekoinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "inferior or not the real thing",
"word": "keino-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slang, of a person: fake, snobbish",
"word": "falski"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "slang, of a person: fake, snobbish",
"word": "plastik"
}
],
"word": "plastic"
}
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