Meanings
- uncountableThin polystyrene sheets used in arts and crafts.
Two questions 1. Where is a good place to get plasticard and 2. what is the approximate price
2003 December 18, Danimal, “[MODEL]Plasticard”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet), retrieved 21 Feb 20223 more examples
Your right, plasticard is just another word for those thin sheets of polystyrene model kits are made from.
1996 April 22, Ron Kruger, “Modeling: What is Plasticard?”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet), retrieved 21 Feb 2022I was looking at the TerraGenesis pages on terrain building (which by the way are great) when a question occured^([sic]) to me. What the heck is plasticard exactly and where do you get it? I mean, is plasticard one of those British (no disrespect intended) terms which us Americans can't understand (ie. PVA glue = Elmer's white glue)or am I just missing something very basic?
1997 October 9, Paul and Kristin Shoemaker, “plasticard???”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet), retrieved 21 Feb 2022Plasticard is simply polystyrene plastic . . same stuff that is used in all those model cars and planes.
1997 October 10, DBurgerOTR, “plasticard???”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet), retrieved 21 Feb 2022
Origin
- Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
- Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
- Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
- Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
- Latinplasticus
- Englishplastic
- Ancient Greekχάρτης (khártēs)
- Latincharta
- Old Frenchcarte
- Middle Englishcarde
- Englishcard
- Englishplasticard
Cite this entry
plasticard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plasticard
“plasticard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plasticard. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plasticard,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plasticard.
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