It is countable when used as a noun meaning "plastic products".

Plural form: plastics

English [?pl?st?k] American [?pl?st?k]

n. Plastic surgery; plastic products; 〈口〉 (use) credit card; plastic body

adj. plastic, plastic, subject, soft; shaped, molded, given shape; plastic [plastic], plastic Made of [plastic], made of synthetic resin; formative, creative

It is often used as an adjective in conjunction with products, and plastics products means plastic products.

Memory skills, plas pattern + tic of... nature → patterned → malleable

Example sentences

(1) A?lot?of?the ?plastics?that?carmakers?are?using?cannot?be?recycled.?

Many of the plastics used by car manufacturers cannot be recycled.

（2）When?girls?put?on?too?much?eye-shadow,?they?look?plastic.?

If girls apply eye shadow too heavily , it doesn’t look natural.

(3)The?crushing,?washing&?drying?line?can?easily?wash?waste?plastic?products?from?beginning?to?finished?products.?

The entire production line can clean waste plastic products very easily from the beginning to the finished product.

Common phrase collocations:

amino plastic? Amino plastic

phenolic plastic? Phenolic plastic

plastic explosive? Plastic explosive?

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plastic film? plastic film, plastic film, film plastic

plastic surgeon? plastic surgeon, plastic surgeon

plastic laminate? plastic laminate

Plastic surgery? Plastic surgery, plastic surgery, plastic surgery

plastic bomb n. Plastic bomb (a putty-like explosive that can be made into various shapes and can be stuck on the wall, multi-purpose in terrorist activities)

plastic bag, plastic bag

Extended information:

The difference between the usage of plastic and plastics:

1. Although plastics is the plural form of plastic, it does not mean that plastic must have a plural form when used as a noun.

Plastics is the plural form of plastic only when plastic means "plastic body, plastic product".

2. The original meaning of plastics is "n. plastic surgery, surgical repair". At this time, it is not the plural of plastic, but the independent original meaning of the word.

3. Plastic can also be used as an adjective, meaning "adj. plastic, shaped, plastic, shaping, (surgery) plastic" is often used with products, plastics products means plastic products.