Meaning : A mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water. Hardens into a smooth solid. Used to cover walls and ceilings.
Meaning : 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.
Synonyms : plaster of paris
Meaning : A surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling).
Example :
There were cracks in the plaster.
Synonyms : plasterwork
Meaning : Adhesive tape used in dressing wounds.
Synonyms : adhesive plaster, sticking plaster
Meaning : Cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on.
Example :
The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters.
She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco.
Synonyms : beplaster
Meaning : Affix conspicuously.
Example :
She plastered warnings all over the wall.
Meaning : Apply a plaster cast to.
Example :
Plaster the broken arm.
Meaning : Dress by covering with a therapeutic substance.
Synonyms : poultice