Complete Definition of "plaster"

English

Pronunciation
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rhymes|��st�(r)

Noun
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en-noun|plasters|-

  1. uncountable 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.
  2. countable A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; plaster cast.
  3. uncountable A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
  4. countable UK A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.

Translations
trans-top|mixture for coating
Bosnian: malter#Bosnian|malter m
Danish: puds n, gips#Danish|gips c
Finnish: laasti
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Polish: gips m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: мал�е�#Serbian|мал�е� m
:Roman: malter#Serbian|malter m
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trans-top|cast
Bosnian: gips#Bosnian|gips m
Danish: gips#Danish|gips c
Finnish: kipsivalos
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Serbian:
:Cyrillic: гип�#Serbian|гип� m
:Roman: gips#Serbian|gips m
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trans-top|healing paste
Finnish: voide
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Swedish: salva
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trans-top|adhesive bandage
See: band-aid.
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ttbc|Persian: FAchar|Ú¯Ú� (gac)
ttbc|Spanish: yeso m, escayola f, enlucido m, revoque m

Verb
en-verb

  1. transitive To cover or coat something with plaster, or apply a plaster.

#:Her face was plastered in mud.

  1. transitive To hide or cover up, as if with plaster.

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

Derived terms
court-plaster
plasterboard
plastered
plasterer

Translations
trans-top|to cover with plaster
Danish: pudse, kalke, gipse
Finnish: rapata
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trans-top|to cover up, as with plaster
Danish: klistre, overklistre
Finnish: peittää, tapetoida, teipata
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French: plâtre
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Danish

Noun
plaster n

  1. band-aid

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Swedish

Noun
plaster

  1. Indefinite plural of plast

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