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Traditional English :: plaster
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plaster - n. & v. --n. 1 a soft pliable mixture esp. of lime putty with sand or Portland cement etc. for spreading on walls, ceilings, etc., to form a smooth hard surface when dried.
2 Brit. = sticking-plaster (see STICK(2) )).
3 hist. a curative or protective substance spread on a bandage etc. and applied to the body (mustard plaster). --v.tr.
1 cover (a wall etc.) with plaster or a similar substance.
2 (often foll. by with) coat thickly or to excess; bedaub (plastered the bread with jam; the wall was plastered with slogans).
3 stick or apply (a thing) thickly like plaster (plastered glue all over it).
4 (often foll. by down) make (esp. hair) smooth with water, cream, etc.; fix flat.
5 (as plastered adj.) sl. drunk.
6 apply a medical plaster or plaster cast to.
7 sl. bomb or shell heavily. plaster cast 1 a bandage stiffened with plaster of Paris and applied to a broken limb etc.
2 a statue or mould made of plaster. plaster of Paris fine white plaster made of gypsum and used for making plaster casts etc. plaster saint iron. a person regarded as being without moral faults or human frailty. plasterer n. plastery adj. [ME f. OE & OF plastre or F plastrer f. med.L plastrum f. L emplastrum f. Gk emplastron] |
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Related Words
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paris
bandage
cast
plate
w
people
cene
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caster
cynthia
ceiling
column
finish
gauze
gypsum
lath
plastic
medallion
mold
moulding
mustard
ornamental
pool
repair
fun
time
lime
patch
veneer
fetish
bust
painting
wall
mouldings
venitian
moulds
venetian
house
hanging
picture
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Most Often Usage
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plaster of paris bandage
plaster bandage
plaster cast
cast plaster plate w people cene e
plaster caster
cynthia plaster caster
plaster ceiling
plaster column
plaster finish
plaster gauze
gypsum plaster
lath and plaster
plastic medallion
plaster ceiling medallion
plaster of paris mold
plaster mold
plaster moulding
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