elastic
noun/ɪˈlæstɪk/
/ɪˈlæstɪk/
[uncountable]- material made with rubber, that can stretch and then return to its original size
- This skirt needs some new elastic in the waist.
Extra Examples- The elastic in these socks has gone.
- The skirt is held up by a length of elastic around the waist.
- an old skirt with loose elastic
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- loose
- tight
- hair
- …
- length
- piece
- break
- go
- snap
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally describing a gas in the sense ‘expanding spontaneously to fill the available space’): from modern Latin elasticus, from Greek elastikos ‘propulsive’, from elaunein ‘to drive’.Want to learn more?
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