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plasticine

/ˈplæs.tɪ.siːn/

plasticine noun: modeling clay.

plasticine: modeling clay
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Noun (1)

plasticine (countable and uncountable, plural plasticines)

  1. Modeling clay.
    • Models; how to make paper pulp models; salt and flour models; sand models; plasticine models; chalk and pencil models.1909, William James Sutherland, The Teaching of Geography
    • Hermione Roddice suggested we should ask Gudrun to teach her to draw and to model in clay. You know Winnie is astonishingly clever with that plasticine stuff. Hermione declares she is an artist.1920 November 9, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XVI, in Women in Love, New York, N.Y.: Privately printed [by Thomas Seltzer] for subscribers only, →OCLC

Noun (2) capitalized: Plasticine

Plasticine (plural Plasticines)

  1. A brand of modelling clay, a putty-like modelling material made from calcium salts, petroleum jelly and fatty acids.

plasticine meaning in Tamil

plasticine in Tamil

பிளாஸ்டிசின்

Examples of plasticine in a sentence

  • Picture yourself on a train in a station / With plasticine porters with looking glass ties1967, Lennon–McCartney, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, in Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, performed by The Beatles:
  • I'd like to build myself a house / Out of plasticine1994, Noel Gallagher, “Shakermaker”, performed by Oasis:

Forms of plasticine

pluralplasticines
pluralPlasticines
alternative formplasticene
alternative formplasticine

Origin of plasticine

Genericized trademark from the brand name Plasticine.

From plastic + -ine? Trademarked by William Harbutt, an art teacher in Bath, UK, in 1899.

Questions about plasticine

What does plasticine mean?
Plasticine means modeling clay.
What is plasticine in Tamil?
Plasticine in Tamil is பிளாஸ்டிசின். See Plasticine meaning in Tamil.
How do you use plasticine in a sentence?
Picture yourself on a train in a station / With plasticine porters with looking glass ties
What part of speech is plasticine?
Plasticine is a noun.
How do you pronounce plasticine?
Plasticine is pronounced /ˈplæs.tɪ.siːn/.
What is the plural of plasticine?
The plural of plasticine is plasticines.

Words near plasticine in the dictionary

  1. plasticene
  2. plasticenes
  3. plastician
  4. plasticians
  5. plasticin
  6. plasticine
  7. plasticines
  8. plasticisation
  9. plasticise
  10. plasticised
  11. plasticiser

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: plasticine (page history and authors); Plasticine (page history and authors); plasticine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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