plaster
plaster definition
plas·ter (plas′tər, pläs′-)
noun
- a pasty mixture, as of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, which hardens on drying, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions
- plaster of Paris
- a pasty preparation spread on cloth and applied to the body, used medicinally as a curative or counterirritant
Etymology: ME < OE plaster & OFr plastre, both < LL plastrum, for L emplastrum < Gr emplastron, plaster < emplassein, to daub over < en, on, in + plassein, to form: see plastic
transitive verb
- to cover, smear, overlay, etc. with or as with plaster
- to apply or affix like a plaster to plaster posters on walls
- to make lie smooth and flat
- to apply plaster of Paris as a treatment
- Informal to affect or strike with force
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