plaster

Nouns

  • (n) a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
  • (n) any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs plaster of Paris,
  • (n) a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. cataplasm, poultice,
  • (n) a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
    • there were cracks in the plaster
    plasterwork,
  • (n) adhesive tape used in dressing wounds adhesive plaster, sticking plaster,

Verbs

  • (v) apply a heavy coat to plaster over, stick on,
  • (v) cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
    • The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters
    • She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco
    beplaster,
  • (v) affix conspicuously
    • She plastered warnings all over the wall
  • (v) apply a plaster cast to
    • plaster the broken arm
  • (v) coat with plaster
    • daub the wall
    daub,
  • (v) dress by covering with a therapeutic substance poultice,

Synonyms

plaster over stick on plaster of Paris beplaster cataplasm poultice plasterwork adhesive plaster sticking plaster daub

Words of close approximity

plastic plastid
plaster bandage plasterboard plaster cast plastered plasterer plasterer's float plastering plastering trowel plaster of Paris plaster over plaster saint plasterwork