elastic

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elastic is part of the Basic English 850.

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• IPA: /iˈlæs.tɪk/
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Positive elastic

Comparative more elastic

Superlative most elastic

1. Something is elastic if it can stretch or bend and go back to the way it was.

   She held the papers together by putting an elastic (rubber) band around them.

   A metal spring is elastic: it gives back the energy that was put into it when it was pushed.