plaster
noun
- 1
adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
- 2
a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
there were cracks in the plaster
- 3
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.
- 4
a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
- 5
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
verb
- 1
dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
- 2
coat with plaster
daub the wall
- 3
apply a heavy coat to
- 4
apply a plaster cast to
plaster the broken arm
- 5
affix conspicuously
She plastered warnings all over the wall
- 6
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
Also useful for “plaster”:Unscrambler— Rearrange the letters in “plaster”