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Plaster

/ˈplastə/

A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.

📖 Definitions of "Plaster"

noun
  1. 1

    A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.

  2. 2

    A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.

  3. 3

    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; render, stucco.

  4. 4

    A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; plaster cast.

verb
  1. 1

    To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.

    "to plaster a wall"

  2. 2

    To apply a plaster to.

    "to plaster a wound"

  3. 3

    To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.

    "Her face was plastered with mud."

  4. 4

    To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.

    "The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement."

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