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noun
1.
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, 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, plastic, or other material and applied to the body, especially for some healing purpose.
verb (used with object)
5.
to cover (walls, ceilings, etc.) with plaster.
6.
to treat with gypsum or plaster of Paris.
7.
to lay flat like a layer of plaster.
8.
to daub or fill with plaster or something similar.
9.
EXPANDto apply a plaster to (the body, a wound, etc.).
10.
to overspread with something, especially thickly or excessively: a wall plastered with posters.
11.
COLLAPSEInformal.
a.
to defeat decisively; trounce; drub.
b.
to knock down or injure, as by a blow or beating.
c.
to inflict serious damage or injury on by heavy bombing, shelling, or other means of attack.
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Plasterer
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English, Old English < Medieval Latin plastrum plaster (both medical and building senses), aphetic variant of Latin emplastrum < Greek émplastron salve, alteration of émplaston, neuter of émplastos daubed; see em-2, -plast
before 1000; Middle English, Old English < Medieval Latin plastrum plaster (both medical and building senses), aphetic variant of Latin emplastrum < Greek émplastron salve, alteration of émplaston, neuter of émplastos daubed; see em-2, -plast
Related forms
plas·ter·er, noun
plas·ter·i·ness, noun
plas·ter·like, plas·ter·y, adjective
re·plas·ter, verb (used with object)
un·plas·ter, verb (used with object)
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| plaster (ˈplɑːstə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | 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. | (Brit), (Austral), (NZ) an adhesive strip of material, usually medicated, for dressing a cut, wound, etc |
| 3. | mustard plaster short for plaster of Paris |
| —vb | |
| 4. | 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. | (tr) to apply a plaster cast to |
| 8. | slang (tr) 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 | |
| 'plasterer | |
| —n | |
| 'plastery | |
| —adj | |
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