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plasticine

nounfeminine/plɐʃtiˈsinɐ/medium

plas·ti·ci·na

Definition

A soft, malleable modelling material, usually made from wax, oil and pigments, used by children to make figures.
The children spent the afternoon making figures with plasticine.
I bought a box of plasticine with twelve different colours.
Common collocations
plasticine modelling claycoloured plasticineplay with plasticineplasticine figures

Etymology

Do nome comercial 'Plasticina', marca registrada de massa de modelar, derivado de 'plástico'.

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