plaster
Meanings
- a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
- 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
- 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.
- a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling);
- "there were cracks in the plaster"
- adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
- apply a heavy coat to
- 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"
- affix conspicuously;
- "She plastered warnings all over the wall"
- apply a plaster cast to;
- "plaster the broken arm"
- coat with plaster;
- dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
- PLASTER v -ED, -ING, -S to cover with plaster (a mixture of lime, sand, and water)
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Scrabble Score: 9
plaster is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordplaster is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
plaster is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
plaster is a valid Words With Friends word