Word Meaning

elastic definition and meaning

a. Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic.
a. Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution.
n. An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders, etc., made in part of India rubber.

Crossword clues for elastic

- Able to be stretched
- Able to stretch
- Band that bounces back
- Band that bounces back?
- Elizabeth the First is last, I see, to be flexible 
- Fake-looking credit cards
- Flexible
- Flexible cat lies around
- Left in East I see to become flexible
- Malleable
- Material for those doing a stretch?
- Material that may be stretched and then resume its original shape
- Pliable
- Resilient
- Rubber (band)
- Springy
- Springy or resilient
- Stretchy
- Stretchy band
- Stretchy material