Crossword-Solution: ELASTIC
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | 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. |
| 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. |
| Elastic | n. | An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders, etc., made in part of India rubber. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| ELASTIC | anagram | CASTILE, LACIEST, LATICES, SALICET |
We have 105 clues for the answer “ELASTIC”
✏️ Suggest another clue
Know another question for crossword solution "ELASTIC"? Please add your clue to the biggest crossword databank now!
Kind of apple
?
E
?
A
?
T
?
E
?
R
Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EERAT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
10 +1
New Suggestion for "ELASTIC"
Related word tools
Sentences with ELASTIC (5)
Even Lou, who was more elastic than his older brother, disliked to do anything different from their neighbors.
Though elastic in bearing, she was less daring than Bathsheba, and occasionally showed some earnestness, which consisted half of genuine feeling, and half of mannerliness superadded by way of duty.
And while upon this matter of detail, it is remarkable that the long leverages of their machines are in most cases actuated by a sort of sham musculature of the disks in an elastic sheath; these disks become polarised and drawn closely and powerfully together when traversed by a current of electricity.
Except for the clanking of accouterments and the occasional squeal of an angry thoat or the low guttural of a zitidar, the passage of the cavalcade was almost noiseless, for neither thoat nor zitidar is a hoofed animal, and the broad tires of the chariots are of an elastic composition, which gives forth no sound.
Her figure, to be sure,—so small as to be almost childlike, and so elastic that motion seemed as easy or easier to it than rest, would hardly have suited one’s idea of a countess.
Quotes with ELASTIC (3)
He was not my boyfriend. On the other hand, he wasn't just a friend either. Instead, our relationship was elastic, stretching between those two extremes depending on who else was around, how much either of us had to drink, and other varying factors. This was exactly what I wanted, as commitments had never really been my thing. And it wasn't like it was hard, either. The only trick was never giving more than you were willing to lose.
Adam smiled cheerily. Ronan would start wars and burn cities for that true smile, elastic and amiable.
In the underworld, reality itself has elastic properties and is capable of being stretched into different definitionsof the truth.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 139 times in crossword archives (1952–2025).