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# plasticine

«plasticine» in Mova's school dictionary: **A soft, coloured modelling material like clay that never…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (Plasticine, plasticine — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

A soft, coloured modelling material like clay that never dries out, used by children to make shapes and models. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plasticine/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In school and art: modelling animals, letters and shapes; in maths, making 3D shapes and cutting them; in science, plasticine boats test floating and sinking (the same lump sinks as a ball but floats as a boat shape). Phrases: «a lump/ball of plasticine», «plasticine model».

### examples

- We made dinosaurs out of plasticine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plasticine/#x1)
- Roll the plasticine into a long snake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plasticine/#x2)
- A ball of plasticine sinks, but a boat shape floats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plasticine/#x3)
- Don't mix all the plasticine colours together! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plasticine/#x4)
- The animated film was made with plasticine models. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plasticine/#x5)
- Squash the plasticine to make a cube. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plasticine/#x6)

### note

Plasticine is a brand name, so it is often written with a capital P. Uncountable: «some plasticine», «a lump of plasticine». Similar products: Play-Doh (dries out), modelling clay. In the USA people say «modeling clay» more often.

### In the corpora

- [Cold muscles are like cold plasticine: stiff and quick to tear.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «plasticine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plasticine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.