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,
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(n) a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
- there were cracks in the plaster
- (n) adhesive tape used in dressing wounds adhesive plaster, sticking plaster,
Verbs
- (v) apply a heavy coat to plaster over, stick on,
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(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
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(v) affix conspicuously
- She plastered warnings all over the wall
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(v) apply a plaster cast to
- plaster the broken arm
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(v) coat with plaster
- daub the wall
- (v) dress by covering with a therapeutic substance poultice,