plastics

[ plas-tiks ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a plastic or plastics:

   a plastics firm; plastics research.

Word History and Origins

Origin of plastics¹

First recorded in 1920–25; plastic, -ics

Example Sentences

MN Plastics Michigan-based supplier of custom injection molding products.

From The Daily Beast

These substances are relatively harmless compared to longer-living man-made plastics like polyethylene.

From The Daily Beast

In any case, the anti-plastics movement is likely to gather steam in the next few years.

From The Daily Beast

Even with body parts taken off ledger, there is undeniably a lot of dough in plastics.

From The Daily Beast

Those might include BPA (which is found in many plastics), pesticide residue, and both legal and not-so-legal drugs.

From The Daily Beast

It was not Dorchin; it was another robot, this one not disguised with the clever plastics and cosmetics, but shining plain.

From Project Gutenberg

It was one of those "old-fashioned" places—Restoration style of decoration, carried out in modern plastics.

From Project Gutenberg

With the third blow the plastics cell cracked and the lignin poured out, a syrupy curtain sliding down.

From Project Gutenberg

Gordon turned into his usual short-cut, past a rambling plastics plant and through the yard where their trucks were parked.

From Project Gutenberg

At the edge of the city a man spoke into the telephone in the office of a small plastics factory.

From Project Gutenberg