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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled;
[syn: thermoplastic, thermoplastic resin]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled;
- Example: "thermoplastic materials can be remelted and cooled time after time without undergoing any appreciable chemical change"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

thermoplastic
    adj 1: having the property of softening or fusing when heated
           and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled;
           "thermoplastic materials can be remelted and cooled time
           after time without undergoing any appreciable chemical
           change" [ant: thermoset, thermosetting]
    n 1: a material that softens when heated and hardens again when
         cooled [syn: thermoplastic, thermoplastic resin]