plaster
Plural: plasters
Noun
- 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
- A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
- A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
- A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings; render, stucco.
- A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
- Plaster of Paris.
Verb
Verb Forms: plastered, plastering, plasters
- To cover a surface with a soft, setting mixture.
- 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
- To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
- To apply a plaster to.
- To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
- To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
- To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
- To smooth over.
Examples
- He wanted to PLASTER the board with high-scoring words, but his letters had other plans.
- Her face was plastered with mud.
- The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.
- to plaster a wall
- to plaster a wound
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English plaster, plastre, from Old English plaster, from late Latin plastrum, shortened from Classical Latin emplastrum (“a plaster, bandage”); later reinforced by Anglo-Norman plastre.
The verb is from Middle English plastren, from the noun.
Synonyms
adhesive plaster, beplaster, cataplasm, daub, plaster of Paris, plaster over, plasterwork, poultice, stick on, sticking plaster
Scrabble Score: 9
plaster: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordplaster: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
plaster: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary