plaster
UK/ˈplɑːstə/
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Northern England/ˈplastə/
plaster noun: a paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
Noun
plaster (countable and uncountable, plural plasters)
- A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
- Then Jill came in,
And she did grin,
To see Jack's paper plaster;
Her mother whipt her,
Across her knee,
For laughing at Jack's disaster.1810, Jack and Jill, and old Dame Gill, York: J. Kendrew, page 4
- Then Jill came in,
- A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
- A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
- Near-synonym: stucco (dedicated term for exterior type in some dialects)
- A similar material used for exterior walls.
- Synonyms:
- stucco
- A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
- Plaster of Paris.
Verb
plaster (third-person singular simple present plasters, present participle plastering, simple past and past participle plastered)
- To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
- to plaster a wall
- To apply a plaster to.
- to plaster a wound
- To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
- Her face was plastered with mud.
- To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
- The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.
- To cover a surface extensively with something, especially posters, pictures, or notices.
- The workmen plastered the wall with pictures.
- If Euston is not typically English, St. Pancras is. Its façade is a nightmare of improbable Gothic. It is fairly plastered with the aesthetic ideals of 1868, and the only beautiful thing about it is Barlow's roof. It is haunted by the stuffier kind of ghost. Yet there is something about the ordered...1941 August, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The English Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 358
- To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
- Yeah, if you think that was bad... having, obviously, here, being people in the modern day and knowing something about the historical tactics used at the Battle of Samar, we did have, at one point, the American battleline sailing itself into a rain squall, staying in the rain squall, using large...2019 March 6, Drachinifel, 30:36 from the start, in The Battle of Samar (Alternate History) - Bring on the Battleships!, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2022
- To smooth over.
Proper noun capitalized: Plaster
Plaster
- A surname.
plaster meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
plaster in Hindi
- healing paste
- लेपन lepan
- mixture for coating
- प्लास्टर plāsṭar, पलस्तर palastar
plaster in Tamil
- healing paste
- பூச்சு pūccu
- mixture for coating
- காரை kārai, பூச்சு pūccu
plaster in Marathi
- प्लास्टर, प्लॅस्टर, पलस्तर
plaster in Urdu
- لیپ, پٹی, لیپنا, پٹی چڑھانا
More languagesFewer languages
- plaster in Bengali
- প্লাস্টার, প্রলেপ, ক্ষতস্থানের আবরণ
- plaster in Telugu
- గార gāra
- plaster in Malayalam
- കുമ്മായം, ചാന്ത്, പ്ലാസ്റ്റർ ഓഫ് പാരീസ്, ഔഷധം പൂശിയ തുണിയോ പട്ടയോ
- plaster in Kannada
- ಗಾರೆ, ಗಿಲಾವು, ಪ್ಲಾಸ್ಟರು, ಪಳಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ
- plaster in Punjabi
- ਪਲਾਸਟਰ, ਪਲਸਟਰ, ਪਲੇਸਟਰ
- plaster in Gujarati
- પ્લાસ્ટર, પ્લાસ્ટર કરવા માટે, પ્લાસ્ટર કરવા
- plaster in Odia
- ପୋଛିବା pochibā
- plaster in Sanskrit
- लेप lepa
- plaster in Nepali
- प्लास्टर, प्ल्यास्टर, प्लास्टर गर्न
- plaster in Arabic
- مِلَاط milāṭ, جِبْس jibs, جِصّ jiṣṣ
- plaster in Indonesian
- plester
- plaster in Persian
- گچ gač
Examples of plaster in a sentence
- A plaster cast was made from his face.
- Drag the trowel through the plaster to texture the wall.
- Secco painting, or painting in secco, is painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, on wet or fresh plaster.
Synonyms of plaster
Forms of plaster
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | plasters |
| alternative form | plaister |
| alternative form | plastre |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | plasters |
| present participle | plastering |
| past participle | plastered |
| past | plastered |
Origin of plaster
From Middle English plaster, plastre, from Old English plaster, from late Latin plastrum, shortened from Classical Latin emplastrum (“a plaster, bandage”); later reinforced by Anglo-Norman plastre. Displaced native Old English clīþa. The verb is from Middle English plastren, from the noun.
Words formed from plaster
- beplaster
- blister plaster
- corn plaster
- gypsum plaster
- lime plaster
- mustard plaster
- mustard-plaster
- plasterless
- plasterlike
- plasterly
- plasterman
- plaster ring
- plaster room
- plaster saint
- plaster-stone
- plasterwork
- plastery
- quicksilver plaster
- shinplaster
- stick plaster
- strengthening plaster
- unplaster
- plasterboard
- court plaster
- plasterable
- plastered
- plasterer
- replaster
Phrases with plaster
Words that rhyme with plaster
Questions about plaster
- What does plaster mean?
- Plaster means a paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
- What is plaster in Hindi?
- Plaster in Hindi is लेपन (lepan), प्लास्टर (plāsṭar), पलस्तर (palastar). See Plaster meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is plaster?
- Plaster can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce plaster?
- Plaster is pronounced /ˈplɑːstə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of plaster?
- The plural of plaster is plasters.
Words near plaster in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: plaster (page history and authors); Plaster (page history and authors); plaster (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); plaster (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plaster (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); గార (Telugu) (page history and authors); plaster (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plaster (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plaster (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); plaster (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ପୋଛିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); लेप (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); plaster (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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