| plaster | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. plaster | a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings. |
| ~ finish coat, finishing coat | the final coating of plaster applied to walls and ceilings.; "we can't paint until they put on the finishing coat" |
| ~ mixture | (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding). |
| ~ covering material | a material used by builders to cover surfaces. |
| ~ grout | a thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in masonry or brickwork. |
| ~ parget, pargeting, pargetting | plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys. |
| ~ roughcast | a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls. |
| ~ spackle, spackling compound | powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster. |
| ~ stucco | a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces. |
| n. (substance) | 2. plaster, plaster of paris | 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. |
| ~ gesso | gypsum or plaster of Paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding (or a surface so prepared). |
| ~ gypsum | a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris). |
| ~ calcium sulfate, calcium sulphate | a white salt (CaSO4). |
| n. (artifact) | 3. cataplasm, plaster, poultice | a medical dressing consisting of 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.. |
| ~ medical dressing, dressing | a cloth covering for a wound or sore. |
| ~ mustard plaster, sinapism | a plaster containing powdered black mustard; applied to the skin as a counterirritant or rubefacient. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. plaster, plasterwork | a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling).; "there were cracks in the plaster" |
| ~ pargetry, pargeting, pargetting | ornamental plasterwork. |
| ~ surface | the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary.; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. adhesive plaster, plaster, sticking plaster | adhesive tape used in dressing wounds. |
| ~ adhesive tape | tape coated with adhesive. |
| ~ court plaster | a plaster composed of isinglass on silk; formerly used to dress superficial wounds. |
| v. (contact) | 6. plaster, plaster over, stick on | apply a heavy coat to. |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| v. (contact) | 7. beplaster, plaster | cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on.; "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"; "She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| ~ plaster | affix conspicuously.; "She plastered warnings all over the wall" |
| v. (contact) | 8. plaster | affix conspicuously.; "She plastered warnings all over the wall" |
| ~ affix, stick on | attach to.; "affix the seal here" |
| ~ beplaster, plaster | cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on.; "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"; "She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco" |
| v. (contact) | 9. plaster | apply a plaster cast to.; "plaster the broken arm" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| v. (contact) | 10. daub, plaster | coat with plaster.; "daub the wall" |
| ~ masonry | the craft of a mason. |
| ~ coat, surface | put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface.; "coat the cake with chocolate" |
| ~ daub | apply to a surface.; "daub paint onto the wall" |
| ~ render-set | cover with two coats of plaster.; "render-set the walls so they'll look nice and smooth" |
| ~ parget | apply ornamental plaster to. |
| ~ roughcast | apply roughcast to.; "roughcast a wall" |
| ~ mud | plaster with mud. |
| ~ mortar | plaster with mortar.; "mortar the wall" |
| v. (body) | 11. plaster, poultice | dress by covering with a therapeutic substance. |
| ~ practice of medicine, medicine | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries.; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
| ~ dress | apply a bandage or medication to.; "dress the victim's wounds" |
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