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plaster
('pl/&/st/@/r
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noun (n)
- a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings(noun.substance)source: wordnet30
- 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(noun.substance)source: wordnet30
- a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)(noun.artifact)Example:
There were cracks in the plaster.
source: wordnet30 - adhesive tape used in dressing wounds(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on(verb.contact)Example:
The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters.
She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco.
source: wordnet30 - affix conspicuously(verb.contact)Example:
She plastered warnings all over the wall.
source: wordnet30 - apply a plaster cast to(verb.contact)Example:
Plaster the broken arm.
source: wordnet30 - To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore.(verb)source: webster1913
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