Meaning of Plasticine | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“Models; how to make⟳ paper pulp models; salt and flour models; sand models; plasticine models; chalk and pencil models.”

“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.”

“Picture yourself on a train⟳ in a station / With plasticine porters with looking glass ties”

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