plaster.
A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
Meaning & usage
A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
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.
A similar material used for exterior walls.
A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
Plaster of Paris.
Where this word comes from
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.
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.
To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
To smooth over.
Where this word comes from
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.
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