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plaster

[ plas-ter, plah-ster ]

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noun

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.
powdered gypsum.
plaster of Paris.
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)

to cover (walls, ceilings, etc.) with plaster.
to treat with gypsum or plaster of Paris.
to lay flat like a layer of plaster.
to daub or fill with plaster or something similar.
to apply a plaster to (the body, a wound, etc.).
to overspread with something, especially thickly or excessively:
a wall plastered with posters.
Informal.
1. to defeat decisively; trounce; drub.
2. to knock down or injure, as by a blow or beating.
3. to inflict serious damage or injury on by heavy bombing, shelling, or other means of attack.

plaster

/ ˈplɑːstə /

noun

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
an adhesive strip of material, usually medicated, for dressing a cut, wound, etc
short for mustard plaster plaster of Paris

verb

to coat (a wall, ceiling, etc) with plaster
tr to apply like plaster
she plastered make-up on her face
tr to cause to lie flat or to adhere
tr to apply a plaster cast to
slang.
tr to strike or defeat with great force

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Derived Forms

ˈplastery, adjective
ˈplasterer, noun

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Other Words From

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of plaster¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English, from Medieval Latin plastrum “plaster” (both medical and building senses), aphetic variant of Latin emplastrum, from Greek émplastron “salve,” alteration of émplaston, neuter of émplastos “daubed”; em- ², -plast

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Word History and Origins

Origin of plaster¹

Old English, from Medieval Latin plastrum medicinal salve, building plaster, via Latin from Greek emplastron curative dressing, from em- + plassein to form

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