Plaster
['plɑːstə] or ['plæstɚ]
Definition
(noun.) adhesive tape used in dressing wounds.
(noun.) a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); 'there were cracks in the plaster'.
(noun.) a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings.
(verb.) coat with plaster; 'daub the wall'.
(verb.) apply a heavy coat to.
(verb.) apply a plaster cast to; 'plaster the broken arm'.
(verb.) affix conspicuously; 'She plastered warnings all over the wall'.
(verb.) 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'.
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Definition
(n.) An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster.
(n.) A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar.
(n.) Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer.
(v. t.) To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore.
(v. t.) To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house.
(v. t.) Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Mortar, stucco, cement.[2]. Emplastrum.
v. a. Parget, cover with plaster.
Typist: Murray
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Palliate, patch, ramp, tinker, cobble, bolster
ANT:Expose, repair, restore, renovate, redintegrate
Typist: Sharif
Definition
n. something that can be moulded into figures: a composition of lime water and sand for overlaying walls &c.: (med.) a medicinal agent consisting of an adhesive substance spread upon cloth or leather so as to stick to the part of the body to which it is applied.—adj. made of plaster.—v.t. to cover with plaster: to cover with a plaster as a wound: to besmear: (fig.) to smooth over.—ns. Plas′terer one who plasters or one who works in plaster; Plas′tering the art of covering the internal faces of walls the partitions and ceiling of a building with plaster: a covering of plaster: the plasterwork of a building; Plas′ter-stone gypsum.—adj. Plas′tery like plaster containing plaster.—Plaster cast a copy of an object got by pouring a mixture of plaster of Paris and water into a mould formed from the object; Plaster of Paris a kind of gypsum originally found near Paris used in building and in making casts of figures; Porous plaster a plaster for application to the body full of small holes which prevent it from wrinkling.
Typist: Portia
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing walls plainly plastered, denotes that success will come, but it will not be stable. To have plaster fall upon you, denotes unmitigated disasters and disclosure. To see plasterers at work, denotes that you will have a sufficient competency to live above penury.
Editor: Sidney
Examples
- Why any burglar should take such a thing passes my understanding, for it was only a plaster cast and of no real value whatever. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The plaster of the broken houses was gray and wet. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The artist then has a limited portion of the wall covered over with a fine sort of plaster, and upon this he traces from his cartoon the part of the design suited for the space. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- After this the remaining pap of plaster of Paris is added until the frame is full to overflowing. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The rats will devour the mixture and then drink, whereupon the plaster, brought into contact with the water, will become solid and like a stone in their stomachs, which will cause their deaths. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- For this purpose, casts were made of plaster of Paris, which were covered with black lead, to give them the property of conducting electricity, and the metal was then deposited upon them. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- We know that the Romans and other ancient peoples had their hydraulic cements, and the plaster on some of their walls stands to-day to attest its good quality. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They are very thick, and are often plastered and whitewashed and capped with projecting slabs of cut stone. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The required beliefs cannot be hammered in; the needed attitudes cannot be plastered on. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- She saw that his boots were all clayey, even his trousers were plastered with clay. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There was a low plastered ceiling to a part of it; the rest was open, to the ridge of the tiled roof, and there were beams across. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The roof of the room was not plastered, but was formed of the flooring of the room above. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was for ever making eyes at me--a coarse, puffy-faced, red-moustached young man, with his hair plastered down on each side of his forehead. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Here the boys emerged from under the table, and, with hands and faces well plastered with molasses, began a vigorous kissing of the baby. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Would you have the kindness to make a few plasters and put 'em on? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He attempted to obviate this by plastering himself from head to foot with mud, but this dried and fell off. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- One of the wig-making villains lathered my face for ten terrible minutes and finished by plastering a mass of suds into my mouth. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The plastering was about one-third gone from the ceiling. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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