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thermoplastic

thermoplastic adjective: softening when heated and hardening when cooled, and thus able to be moulded, remelted, and remoulded.

Adjective

thermoplastic (not comparable)

  1. Softening when heated and hardening when cooled, and thus able to be moulded, remelted, and remoulded.

Noun

thermoplastic (usually uncountable, plural thermoplastics)

  1. (usually) A plastic with this property.

thermoplastic meaning in Tamil

thermoplastic in Tamil

வெப்பத்தால் இளகும், வெப்பத்தால் இளகும் நெகிழி

Forms of thermoplastic

pluralthermoplastics

Origin of thermoplastic

From thermo- + plastic.

Words formed from thermoplastic

Phrases with thermoplastic

Words that rhyme with thermoplastic

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Questions about thermoplastic

What does thermoplastic mean?
Thermoplastic means softening when heated and hardening when cooled, and thus able to be moulded, remelted, and remoulded.
What is thermoplastic in Tamil?
Thermoplastic in Tamil is வெப்பத்தால் இளகும், வெப்பத்தால் இளகும் நெகிழி. See Thermoplastic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thermoplastic?
Thermoplastic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near thermoplastic in the dictionary

  1. thermophytic
  2. thermopile
  3. thermopiles
  4. thermoplanet
  5. thermoplanets
  6. thermoplastic
  7. thermoplastic polyurethane
  8. thermoplastic resin
  9. thermoplastic resins
  10. thermoplastically
  11. thermoplasticities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thermoplastic (page history and authors); thermoplastic (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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