Plaster

Noun

 * 1)  A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
 * 2)   A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
 * 3)  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.
 * 4)  A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; plaster cast.

Derived terms

 * plasterboard
 * gypsum plaster
 * plaster lath
 * plaster and lath / lath and plaster

Verb

 * 1)  To cover or coat something with plaster, or apply a plaster.
 * Her face was plastered in mud.
 * 1)  To hide or cover up, as if with plaster.
 * The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.

Derived terms

 * court-plaster
 * plasterboard
 * plastered
 * plasterer

Adjectives for Plaster
palehued; sovereign; peeling; moldering. verbs apply—; bedaub with—; cast—; dab—; daub—; mix—; repair—; smear—; spread —; stir—; surface—; —adheres; —cements; —cracks; —crumbles; —crusts; —cures; — encases; —faces; —hardens; —overlays; — surfaces; —survives.

Thesaurus
Ace bandage, Band-Aid, Portland cement, Spackle, adherent, adhesive, adhesive tape, adobe, application, ashlar, band, bandage, bandaging, barnacle, bathe, bedaub, besmear, binder, booze up, boozify, brace, bramble, brick, bricks and mortar, brier, bulldog, burr, butter, care for, cast, cataplasm, cement, chinking, clay, clinker, coat, composition, compress, concrete, cotton, court plaster, cover, covering materials, cravat, crock, crush, cure, dab, daub, decal, decalcomania, dental pulp, diagnose, doctor, drag, dress, dressing, dub, elastic bandage, epithem, equalize, even, ferroconcrete, firebrick, flag, flagstone, flatten, flooring, flux, four-tailed bandage, fuddle, gauze, give care to, glue, grade, grease, grout, gunk, harrow, heal, lath and plaster, lay, leech, level, limpet, lint, lubricate, mash, masonry, massage, mastic, minister to, molasses, mortar, mow, mucilage, mush, nurse, oil, operate on, overlay, overtake, paper pulp, parget, paste, patching plaster, pavement, paving, paving material, physic, pickle, pith, plane, planish, plaster cast, plasters, pledget, pollute, porridge, poultice, prestressed concrete, prickle, pudding, pulp, pulp lead, pulpwood, purge, rag pulp, remedy, remora, roller, roller bandage, roofage, roofing, roughcast, rub, rubber bandage, sauce, shave, siding, size, sling, smarm, smash, smear, smooth, smooth down, smooth out, smudge, souse, spackling compound, splint, sponge, spread, squash, stew, sticker, stone, strap, stucco, stupe, sulfate pulp, sulfite pulp, superimpose, swack, syrup, tampon, tape, tent, thorn, tile, tiling, tipsify, tourniquet, treat, triangular bandage, walling, white lead, wood pulp

Alternative forms

 * plaister

Etymology
plaster:, from late plastrum:; later reinforced by  plaistre:.

Pronunciation




Noun

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 * Bosnian:
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 * Danish: ,
 * Estonian: krohv
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 * Polish:
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 * Scottish Gaelic: sglàib
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: малтер
 * Roman: malter


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 * Russian:
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 * Cyrillic: гипс
 * Roman: gips


 * : plastro
 * : (gac)
 * : yeso, escayola , enlucido , revoque

Verb

 * Danish: pudse, kalke, gipse


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 * Danish: klistre, overklistre


 * Finnish:, ,


 * French: plâtre

Anagrams

 * palters, platers, psalter, stapler

Noun

 * 1) band-aid

Etymology
From late plástr:, from  plastrum:, from  emplastrum:.

Noun

 * 1) plaster, sticking plaster, band-aid