Definitions of plaster [ˈplæs tər, ˈplɑ stər]

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Definition of 'plaster'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) plaster
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.

2.  plaster
powdered gypsum.

3.  plaster
a solid or semisolid preparation spread upon cloth or other material and applied to the body, esp. for some healing purpose.

4. (v.t.) plaster
to cover, fill, or daub with plaster.

5.  plaster
to treat with gypsum or plaster of Paris.

6.  plaster
to lay flat (often fol. by down):
to plaster one's hair down.

7.  plaster
to apply a plaster to (the body, a wound, etc.).

8.  plaster
to overspread with something, esp. thickly or excessively:
to plaster a wall with posters.

9.  plaster
Informal.

10.  plaster
to defeat decisively.

11.  plaster
to knock down or injure.

12.  plaster
to inflict serious damage on, as by bombing.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME, OE < ML plastrum, aph. var. of L emplastrum < Gk émplastron salve, alter. of émplaston, neut. of émplastos daubed; see em -², -plast)

Definition of 'plaster'

Princeton's 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

Definition of 'plaster'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) plaster
to put plaster on walls, ceilings, etc.
He plastered the room in a day.

2. plaster
to cover completely
walls plastered with advertisements; He was plastered in sweat and dirt.

3. (noun) plaster
a substance used to create the surface of walls
a crack in the plaster

4. plaster
Band-Aid
a plaster for the cut on his finger

Definition of 'plaster'

Webster 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

Translation of 'plaster'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: ( He mixed up some plaster to repair the wall; a plaster ceiling.
Afrikaans: pleister	Arabic: جِص	Bulgarian: мазилка
Brazilian: reboco	Czech: omítka	German: der Verputz, verputzt
Danish: gips; gips-	Greek: σοβάς	Spanish: revoque, enlucido
Estonian: krohv	Farsi: گچ	Finnish: laasti
French: (de) plâtre	Hebrew: טִיחַ	Hindi: दीवार पर लगाने का मसाला
Croatian: žbuka	Hungarian: vakolat	Indonesian: adukan plester
Icelandic: múrhúð	Italian: intonaco	Japanese: しっくい
Korean: 회반죽	Lithuanian: tinkas; tinkuotas	Latvian: apmetums
Malay: lepa	Dutch: pleister	Norwegian: gips, murpuss
Polish: gips	Persian: گچ	Pashto: ګچ
Portuguese: reboco	Romanian: (de) mortar	Russian: штукатурка
Slovak: omietka	Slovenian: malta	Serbian: malter
Swedish: puts[bruk]	Thai: ปูนฉาบผนัง	Turkish: sıva
Taiwanese: (塗牆用的)灰泥	Ukrainian: штукатурка	Urdu: ديوار وغيرہ کا پلاسٹر
Vietnamese: vữa	Chinese: （涂墙用的）灰泥	Afrikaans: gips
Arabic: لُصوق، لَزْقَه	Bulgarian: гипс	Brazilian: gesso
Czech: sádra; sádrový	German: der Gips, Gips-...	Danish: gips; gips-
Greek: γύψος	Spanish: yeso	Estonian: kips
Farsi: گچ	Finnish: kipsi	French: (en/de) plâtre
Hebrew: גֶבֶס	Hindi: खड़िया मिट्टी से बना मसाल	Croatian: gips
Hungarian: gipsz	Indonesian: gips	Icelandic: gifs
Italian: gesso	Japanese: ギプス	Korean: 석고, 깁스(한)
Lithuanian: gipsas; gipsinis	Latvian: ģipsis	Malay: plaster
Dutch: gips	Norwegian: gips	Polish: gips, gipsowy
Persian: گچ	Pashto: ګچ	Portuguese: gesso
Romanian: (din) g(h)ips	Russian: гипс	Slovak: sadra; sadrový
Slovenian: mavec	Serbian: gips	Swedish: gips
Thai: ปูนปลาสเตอร์	Turkish: alçı	Taiwanese: 熟石膏
Ukrainian: пластир	Urdu: ضماد، پٹي	Vietnamese: bó bột thạch cao
Chinese: 熟石膏
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