plasticene

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A form of plasticine — Modeling clay.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounplasticene (countable and uncountable, plural plasticenes)

plural plasticenes

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of plasticine.

    Chelsea will occasionally eat non-food items such as lint and plasticene.

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    In this situation, the following instructions were given to each person: Make any kind of object out of plasticene.

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    Jodie and Phoebe grabbed a chunk of plasticene each, and without consulting Roy's illustrations, they went into a kind of trance, slowly and painstakingly converting the shapeless blobs into almost perfect replicas of a mother and baby Yowie.

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    And Captain Duncan Martin beside him on the firestep, scanning the German trenches through field glasses, knows every hill and fold and danger point as only a man can know who has shaped the landscape in plasticene with his hands, making a relief model to be used in preparation for the battle.

    2014, Charlotte Zeepvat, Before Action: A William Noel Hodgdon and the 9th Devons, →ISBN
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APA

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MLA

“plasticene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plasticene. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plasticene,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plasticene.

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