- plaster - a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
--1 is a kind of mixture; covering material
--1 has particulars:finish coat, finishing coat; grout; parget, pargeting, pargetting; roughcast; spackle, spackling compound; stucco Derived forms: verb plaster5, verb plaster3 - plaster of Paris, plaster - 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
--2 is a kind of calcium sulphate, calcium sulfate
--2 has substances: gypsumDerived form: verb plaster3 - poultice, cataplasm, plaster - a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
--3 is a kind of dressing, medical dressing
--3 has particulars: mustard plaster, sinapismDerived form: verb plaster6 - plaster, plasterwork - a hardened surface of plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster"
--4 is a kind of surface
--4 has particulars: pargeting, pargetting, pargetryDerived form: verb plaster5 - plaster, adhesive plaster, sticking plaster - adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
--5 is a kind of adhesive tape
--5 has particulars: court plaster
- plaster - cover conspicuously, as by pasting something on; "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"
--1 is one way to cover
Sample sentence:
They plaster the doors with notices
- plaster - affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall"
--2 is one way to affix, stick on
Sample sentence:
They plaster notices on the doors
- plaster - apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm"
--3 is one way to cover
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun plaster2, noun plaster1, noun plastering1
Somebody ----s something
- plaster, plaster over, stick on - apply a heavy coat to
--4 is one way to cover
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun plastering1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- plaster, daub - coat with plaster; "daub the wall"
--5 is one way to coat, surface
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun plaster4, noun plaster1, noun plasterer1, noun plastering1
Somebody ----s something
- poultice, plaster - dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
--6 is one way to dress
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun plaster3, noun plastering1
Did he plaster his foot?
- plaster - affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall"