English Explanatory Dictionary

plaster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
  2. A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
  3. A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
  4. A similar material used for exterior walls.
  5. A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
  6. Plaster of Paris.
verb
  1. To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
  2. To apply a plaster to.
  3. To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
  4. To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
  5. To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
  6. To smooth over.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈplɑː.stə/ /ˈpla.stə/ /ˈpla.stəɹ/ /ˈplæs.tɚ/ en-us-plaster.ogg

Word forms

plaster plasters plaister plastre plastering plastered

Etymology

From Middle English plaster, plastre, from Old English plaster, from late Latin plastrum, shortened from Classical Latin emplastrum (“a plaster, bandage”); later reinforced by Anglo-Norman plastre. Displaced native Old English clīþa. The verb is from Middle English plastren, from the noun.

Synonyms

render stucco grout

Related words

cement board lath gypsum board gyprock wallboard sheetrock drywall

Derived words

beplaster blister plaster corn plaster gypsum plaster mustard-plaster mustard plaster plasterless plasterlike plasterly plasterman plaster room plaster saint plaster-stone plasterwork plastery quicksilver plaster shinplaster stick plaster strengthening plaster unplaster plasterboard court plaster plasterable plastered plasterer replaster

Translations

Afrikaans: pleister Armenian: գաջել Catalan: arrebossar Catalan: enguixar Danish: pudse Danish: kalke Danish: gipse Dutch: stuken Finnish: rapata French: enduire French: plâtrer Galician: recebar German: vergipsen German: putzen German: verputzen German: überziehen Ancient Greek: κονιάω Hungarian: vakol Hungarian: bevakol Irish: plástráil Irish: dóibeáil Māori: whakapiri raima Paicî: tämî Polish: tynkować Portuguese: engessar Romanian: tencui Spanish: estucar Spanish: emplastar Spanish: enyesar Ottoman Turkish: آلچیلامق
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