Meaning Of The Word Elastic

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elastic
uncountable noun: Elastic is a rubber material that stretches when you pull it and returns to its original size and shape when you let it go. Elastic is often used in clothes to make them fit tightly, for example round the waist.

elastic in American English
able to spring back to its original size, shape, or position after being stretched, squeezed, flexed, expanded, etc.; flexible; springy
adjective: capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded
noun: webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber

elastic in British English
adjective: (of a body or material) capable of returning to its original shape after compression, expansion, stretching, or other deformation
noun: tape, cord, or fabric containing interwoven strands of flexible rubber or similar substance allowing it to stretch and return to its original shape

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