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plas·ter
(plăs′tər)n.
1. A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with fiber added, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
2. Plaster of Paris.
3. A pastelike mixture applied to a part of the body for healing or cosmetic purposes.
4. Chiefly British An adhesive bandage.
v. plas·tered, plas·ter·ing, plas·ters
v.tr.
1. To cover, coat, or repair with plaster.
2. To cover or hide with or as if with a coat of plaster: plastered over our differences.
3. To apply a plaster to: plaster an aching muscle.
4.
a. To cover conspicuously, as with things pasted on; overspread: plaster the walls with advertising.
b. To affix conspicuously, usually with a paste: plaster notices on all the doors.
5. To make smooth by applying a sticky substance: plaster one's hair with pomade.
6. To make adhere to another surface: "His hair was plastered to his forehead" (William Golding).
7. Informal
a. To inflict heavy damage or injury on.
b. To defeat decisively.
v.intr.
To apply plaster.
[Middle English, from Old English, medical dressing, and from Old French plastre, cementing material, both from Latin emplastrum, medical dressing, from Greek emplastron, from emplassein, to plaster on : en-, in, on; see en-2 + plassein, to mold; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]
plas′ter·er n.
plas′ter·y adj.
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plaster
(ˈplɑːstə)n
1. (Building) a mixture of lime, sand, and water, sometimes stiffened with hair or other fibres, that is applied to the surface of a wall or ceiling as a soft paste that hardens when dry
2. (Medicine) Brit and Austral and NZ an adhesive strip of material, usually medicated, for dressing a cut, wound, etc
3. (Medicine) short for mustard plaster, plaster of Paris
vb
4. (Building) to coat (a wall, ceiling, etc) with plaster
5. (tr) to apply like plaster: she plastered make-up on her face.
6. (tr) to cause to lie flat or to adhere
7. (Medicine) (tr) to apply a plaster cast to
8. (tr) slang to strike or defeat with great force
[Old English, from Medieval Latin plastrum medicinal salve, building plaster, via Latin from Greek emplastron curative dressing, from em- + plassein to form]
ˈplasterer n
ˈplastery adj
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plas•ter
(ˈplæs tər, ˈplɑ stər)n.
1. a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
2. powdered gypsum.
4. a solid or semisolid preparation spread upon cloth or other material and applied to the body, esp. for some healing purpose.
v.t. 5. to cover, fill, or daub with plaster.
6. to treat with gypsum or plaster of Paris.
7. to lay flat (often fol. by down): to plaster one's hair down.
8. to apply a plaster to (the body, a wound, etc.).
9. to overspread with something, esp. thickly or excessively: to plaster a wall with posters.
10. Informal.
a. to defeat decisively.
b. to knock down or injure.
c. to inflict serious damage on, as by bombing.
[before 1000; Middle English, Old English < Medieval Latin plastrum, aph. variant of Latin emplastrum < Greek émplastron salve, alter. of émplaston, neuter of émplastos daubed; see em-2, -plast]
plas′ter•er, n.
plas′ter•y, adj.
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plaster
- drywall, plasterboard - Drywall is a building material made of a sheet of plaster covered with heavy paper on both sides; it is also called plasterboard.
- gypsum - From Semitic, a relative or ancestor of Arabic jibs and Hebrew gephes, "plaster."
- plaster of Paris - So called because it is prepared from the gypsum of Paris, France.
- trullization - Laying on plaster with a trowel.
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plaster
Past participle: plastered
Gerund: plastering
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| Noun | 1. |  plaster - a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilingsfinish 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 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 |
| 2. | plaster - 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) | |
| 3. |  plaster - 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 | |
| 4. |  plaster - a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster"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" | |
| 5. |  plaster - adhesive tape used in dressing woundsadhesive tape - tape coated with adhesive court plaster - a plaster composed of isinglass on silk; formerly used to dress superficial wounds | |
| Verb | 1. | plaster - 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" |
| 2. |  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" | |
| 3. | plaster - affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall" | |
| 4. | 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" | |
| 5. | 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" | |
| 6. | plaster - 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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plaster
noun
1. mortar, stucco, gypsum, plaster of Paris, gesso a sculpture in plaster by Rodin
2. bandage, dressing, sticking plaster, Elastoplast (trademark), adhesive plaster Put a piece of plaster on the graze.
verb
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plaster
[ˈplɑːstəʳ]A. N
2. (Med) (for broken limb) → escayola f, yeso m (LAm)
with his leg in plaster → con la pierna escayolada or (LAm) enyesada
with his leg in plaster → con la pierna escayolada or (LAm) enyesada
3. (Brit) (= sticking plaster) → esparadrapo m, tirita f, curita f (LAm)
B. VT
1. (Constr) → enyesar; [+ wall] → enyesar, enlucir
to plaster over a hole → llenar or tapar un hoyo con yeso
to plaster over a hole → llenar or tapar un hoyo con yeso
2. (= cover) → cubrir, llenar
to plaster a wall with posters → cubrir or llenar una pared de carteles
the children came back plastered with mud → los niños volvieron cubiertos de lodo
to plaster a wall with posters → cubrir or llenar una pared de carteles
the children came back plastered with mud → los niños volvieron cubiertos de lodo
3. (= stick) → pegar
to plaster posters on a wall → pegar carteles en una pared
the story was plastered all over the front page → el reportaje llenaba toda la primera plana
to plaster posters on a wall → pegar carteles en una pared
the story was plastered all over the front page → el reportaje llenaba toda la primera plana
4. → dar una paliza a
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plaster
(ˈplaːstə) noun1. (also adjective) (of) a substance put on walls, ceilings etc which dries to form a hard smooth surface. He mixed up some plaster to repair the wall; a plaster ceiling.revoque, enlucido
2. (also adjective) (also plaster of Paris) (of) a similar quick-drying substance used for supporting broken limbs, making models etc. She's got her arm in plaster; a plaster model.yeso
3. (also ˈsticking-plaster ; American Band-Aid) (a piece of) sticky tape (sometimes with a dressing) used to cover a wound etc. You should put a plaster on that cut.esparadrapo, tirita
verb2. to spread or apply rather too thickly. She'd look nicer if she didn't plaster so much make-up on her face.embadurnar, untar
ˈplasterer noun a person whose job is to put plaster on walls, ceilings etc. yesero
plastic (ˈplӕstik) noun, adjective (of) any of many chemically manufactured substances that can be moulded when still soft. This cup is made of plastic; a plastic cup.plástico
adjective easily made into different shapes. de plástico; moldeable
plastic surgery surgery to repair or replace damaged skin, or to improve the appearance usually of the face ( noun plastic surgeon) Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
plaster
→ curita , tirita , yesoMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
plas·ter
n. yeso, emplaste, molde;
___ cast → vendaje enyesado, tablilla de ___.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
plaster
n (for a cast) yeso; (medicinal) emplasto, cataplasmaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.