Read full poem →Fig. 1. A 450 m2 circular tank with plastic liner installed for the nursery production of whiteleg shrimp. Photo by
Dictionary Entry
A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
Origin
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Common Phrases
bag plastic. plasticdeformation plasticsurgery plasticbags plasticwrap plasticplastic clearplastic small
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Poetry examples for “plastic”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Who start or stop the life of millions moving
Unconscious of obedience, the plastic
Yielders to satanic and dynastic
Read full poem →Changes, astonishes, or chills or burns,
Is unresisting, plastic, freely wrought
Under my hands yet to no unison
Read full poem →preceding that on the nature and genesis of the Imagination
or Plastic Power--On Pedantry and pedantic expressions--
Advice to young authors respecting publication--Various
Read full poem →One child drops a barrette of pink plastic;
None of them seem to notice.
Read full poem →I also have a white plastic sun-glasses case with coloured shells and
sequins and a green plastic starfish sewed on to it.
Read full poem →Did both find, helpers to their heart's desire,
And stuff at hand, plastic as they could wish;
Were called upon to exercise their skill, 35