plaster

1. (verb) coat with plaster
Synonyms: daub
Related Words: coat, mortar, mud, parget, roughcast, surface

2. (verb) apply a heavy coat to
Synonyms: plaster over, stick on
Related Words: cover

3. (verb) apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm"
Related Words: cover

4. (verb) affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall"
Related Words: affix, stick on

5. (verb) cover conspicuously, as by pasting something on; "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"
Related Words: cover

6. (noun) used in dressing wounds
Synonyms: adhesive plaster, sticking plaster
Related Words: adhesive tape, court plaster, shinplaster

7. (noun) a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
Related Words: covering material, finish coat, finishing coat, grout, mixture, parget, pargeting, roughcast, spackle, spackling compound, stucco

8. (verb) dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
Synonyms: poultice
Related Words: dress

9. (noun) 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
Synonyms: plaster of Paris
Related Words: calcium sulphate

10. (noun) 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.
Synonyms: cataplasm, poultice
Related Words: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine, mustard plaster, sinapism



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