plaster

noun

  1. 1

    adhesive tape used in dressing wounds

  2. 2

    a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)

    there were cracks in the plaster

  3. 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. 4

    a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings

  5. 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. 1

    dress by covering with a therapeutic substance

  2. 2

    coat with plaster

    daub the wall

  3. 3

    apply a heavy coat to

  4. 4

    apply a plaster cast to

    plaster the broken arm

  5. 5

    affix conspicuously

    She plastered warnings all over the wall

  6. 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

Synonyms

Also useful for “plaster”:Unscrambler