Pronunciation Noun
plaster
- (uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
- (countable, British, New Zealand, Canada) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
- (uncountable) 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; render, stucco.
- (countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; plaster cast.
- (uncountable) plaster of Paris.
- French: onguent
- German: Salbe, Creme
- Italian: gesso, unguento
- Portuguese: unguento
- Russian: (ointment) мазь
- Spanish: ungüento
- French: plâtre, enduit
- German: Putz, Stuck, Gips, Wandputz, Putzmörtel, Kalkputz, Gipsputz, Lehmputz
- Italian: intonaco, gesso
- Portuguese: gesso
- Russian: штукату́рка
- Spanish: yeso, escayola, enlucido, revoque, estuco
- French: plâtre
- German: Gips, Gipsverband, Abguß, Gipsabguß, Gipsabdruck
- Italian: gesso, calco, stampo
- Portuguese: gesso
- Russian: гипс
- Spanish: yeso, escayola
plaster (plasters, present participle plastering; past and past participle plastered)
- (transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
- to plaster a wall
- (transitive) To apply a plaster to.
- to plaster a wound
- (transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
- Her face was plastered with mud.
- (transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
- The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.
- (transitive, figurative) To smooth over.
- French: enduire, plâtrer
- German: vergipsen, putzen, verputzen, überziehen
- Portuguese: engessar
- Spanish: estucar
- German: gipsen
- French: enduire
- German: überziehen, überputzen, übertünchen, vergipsen
Plaster
Proper noun
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