Definition of Plastique

1. Noun. An explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy.

Exact synonyms: Plastic Explosive
Generic synonyms: Explosive Compound
Substance meronyms: Plastic Bomb

Definition of Plastique

1. Noun. (dated) A plastic explosive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plastique

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plastique

plasticware
plastid
plastide
plastidial
plastidozoa
plastids
plastidule
plastidules
plastifier
plastifiers
plastin
plastinate
plastinated
plastination
plastins
plastique (current term)
plastiques
plastisol
plastisols
plastochromanol-3
plastochromenol-8
plastocyanin
plastocyanins
plastogamy
plastoglobule
plastoglobuli
plastography
plastome
plastoquinol-plastocyanin oxidoreductase
plastoquinone

Literary usage of Plastique

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Elementary Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"Argile plastique (C. 2., p. 295.).—At the base of the tertiary system ... with occasional beds of clay used for pottery, and called " argile plastique. ..."

2. A Manual of Elementary Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"Argile plastique (C. 2., p. 295.).—At the base of the tertiary system ... with occasional beds of clay used for pottery, and called " argile plastique. ..."

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