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plaster
 
Noun plaster has 5 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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: gypsum
    Derived form: verb plaster3
  3. 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, sinapism
    Derived form: verb plaster6
  4. 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, pargetry
    Derived form: verb plaster5
  5. plaster, adhesive plaster, sticking plaster - adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
    --5 is a kind of adhesive tape
    --5 has particulars: court plaster
Verb plaster has 6 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. plaster - apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm"
    --3 is one way to     cover
    Derived forms: noun plaster2, noun plaster1, noun plastering1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. plaster, plaster over, stick on - apply a heavy coat to
    --4 is one way to cover
    Derived form: noun plastering1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
  5. plaster, daub - coat with plaster; "daub the wall"
    --5 is one way to coat, surface
    Derived forms: noun plaster4, noun plaster1, noun plasterer1, noun plastering1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  6. poultice, plaster - dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
    --6 is one way to dress
    Derived forms: noun plaster3, noun plastering1
    Sample sentence:
    Did he plaster his foot?
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