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plastery

plastery adjective: of the nature of plaster.

Adjective

plastery (comparative more plastery, superlative most plastery)

  1. Of the nature of plaster.
    • St. Peter's disappoints me; the stone of which it is made is a poor plastery material; and indeed Rome in general might be called a rubbishy place.1865, Arthur Hugh Clough, chapter 9, in Letters and Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough, letter dated April 18 1849, page 122

Forms of plastery

comparativemore plastery
superlativemost plastery

Origin of plastery

From plaster + -y.

Words formed from plastery

Questions about plastery

What does plastery mean?
Plastery means of the nature of plaster.
What part of speech is plastery?
Plastery is an adjective.

Words near plastery in the dictionary

  1. plastermen
  2. plasters
  3. plasterwise
  4. plasterwork
  5. plasterworks
  6. plastery
  7. plastic
  8. plastic art
  9. plastic arts
  10. plastic bag
  11. plastic bags

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