plaster
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/ˈplastə/
English
Definitions
noun
- 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; plaster cast.
verb
- To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.“to plaster a wall”
- To apply a plaster to.“to plaster a wound”
- To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.“Her face was plastered with mud.”
- To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.“The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.”
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Synonyms
plaster of parisdaubsticking plasterpoulticecataplasmadhesive plasterplaster overstick ongypsumceilbrickcementlathcoatingwallstone