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Definitions of 'plaster' Wordnet 

1. (noun) plaster
a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings

2. (noun) plaster of Paris, plaster
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

3. (noun) poultice, cataplasm, plaster
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. (noun) plaster, plasterwork
a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
"there were cracks in the plaster"

5. (verb) plaster, adhesive plaster, sticking plaster
adhesive tape used in dressing wounds

6. (verb) plaster, plaster over, stick on
apply a heavy coat to

7. (verb) plaster, beplaster
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"

8. (verb) plaster
affix conspicuously
"She plastered warnings all over the wall"

9. (verb) plaster
apply a plaster cast to
"plaster the broken arm"

10. (verb) plaster, daub
coat with plaster
"daub the wall"

11. (verb) poultice, plaster
dress by covering with a therapeutic substance


Definitions of 'plaster' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (noun) plaster
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

2. (noun) plaster
a composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar

3. (noun) plaster
calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer

4. (verb) plaster
to cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore

5. (verb) plaster
to overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house

6. (verb) plaster
fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster


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