EGAVE

plaster

About 4.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
  2. noun A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
  3. noun 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.
  4. noun A similar material used for exterior walls.
  5. noun A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
  6. noun Plaster of Paris.
  7. verb To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
    to plaster a wall
  8. verb To apply a plaster to.
    to plaster a wound

Similar words

plaster of paris daub sticking plaster poultice cataplasm adhesive plaster plaster over stick on gypsum ceil

Often followed by

of and cast is casts or on to walls

Word family

plastered plasterer plasterers plastering plasters plastery

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