[
UK
/plˈɑːstɐ/
]
[ US /ˈpɫæstɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈpɫæstɝ/ ]
NOUN
- 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.
- adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
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a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
there were cracks in the plaster - a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
VERB
- apply a heavy coat to
- dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
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affix conspicuously
She plastered warnings all over the wall -
apply a plaster cast to
plaster the broken arm -
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 -
coat with plaster
daub the wall
How To Use plaster In A Sentence
- Marcus Aurelius's hair stands energetically up, a nimbus of corkscrewing locks, not a bit like the conventional signs for hair that plaster so many Roman marble crania. The Forever City
- For verrucae and warts place a drop of neat Tea Tree Essential Oil in the centre and cover with a plaster once a day, this procedure can take a couple of weeks before you will see the results.
- To make such a rectangular and austere space appropriate for music, walls are treated with acoustic plaster and ceilings are absorbent too.
- The ceiling he had just plastered fell in and knocked him off his ladder.
- The Bedroom In The Sky is three-quarters windowed and the last window blocked off with a hardboard offcut insulated, floored, plasterboarded, plumbed and wired. April 1st, 2007
- Other handy bits and pieces like plasters, handkerchief, aftersun and a needle and thread can also come in handy, and don't take up too much room.
- The lath-and-plaster technique involves constructing a frame with rebar and attaching diamond metal lath (the same lath used for plastering walls) with tie wire to the frame.
- More than 70 marble, bronze, terracotta and plaster busts and life-size sculptures are on display together for the first time in nearly two centuries.
- He skipped bail and was caught trying to steal a chicken sandwich and some plasters. Times, Sunday Times
- Free-range pigs have shelters shaped as triangles or half circles, but most porkers were lurking inside; pine trees had snow plastered on the north side of their trunks and the hot sun on the south side.
