Plaster

Definition:

  • (n.) An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster.
  • (n.) A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar.
  • (n.) Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer.
  • (v. t.) To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore.
  • (v. t.) To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house.
  • (v. t.) Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster.

Compare plaster with other words:

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grout vs. plaster

badigeon vs. plaster

emplaster vs. plaster

plaster vs. sparadrap

malaxation vs. plaster

plaster vs. plasterwork

chunam vs. plaster

asbestos vs. plaster

mobile vs. plaster

plaster vs. render

plaster vs. whitewash

ointment vs. plaster

cataplasm vs. plaster

plaster vs. sinapism

cerate vs. plaster

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calcimine vs. plaster

daub vs. plaster

plaster vs. stucco

mortar vs. plaster

magdaleon vs. plaster

plaster vs. temper

plaster vs. strapping

browning vs. plaster

plaster vs. skim

plaster vs. plasterer

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hide vs. plaster

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cover vs. plaster

gauze vs. plaster

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ceiling vs. plaster

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fibre vs. plaster

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plaster vs. water

plaster vs. sand

gypsum vs. plaster

lime vs. plaster

mixture vs. plaster

plaster vs. wound

bandage vs. plaster

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cosmetic vs. plaster

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plaister vs. plaster

mud vs. plaster

plaster vs. slice

cradle vs. plaster

parget vs. plaster

lath vs. plaster

hawk vs. plaster

plaster vs. screed

plaster vs. staff

beplaster vs. plaster