Lexic.us

Definition of Plaster

1. Verb. Apply a heavy coat to.

2. Noun. A mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings.

3. Verb. Cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on. "They plaster the doors with notices"; "She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco"

4. Noun. 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.

5. Verb. Affix conspicuously. "They plaster notices on the doors"; "She plastered warnings all over the wall"

6. Noun. 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..

7. Verb. Apply a plaster cast to. "Plaster the broken arm"

8. Noun. A surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling). "There were cracks in the plaster"

9. Verb. Coat with plaster. "Daub the wall"

10. Noun. Adhesive tape used in dressing wounds.

11. Verb. Dress by covering with a therapeutic substance. "Did he plaster his foot? "

Definition of Plaster

1. n. An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster.

2. v. t. To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore.

Definition of Plaster

1. Noun. A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes. ¹

2. Noun. (countable New Zealand British) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster. ¹

3. Noun. 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. ¹

4. Noun. A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; plaster cast. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster, or apply a plaster. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plaster

1. to cover with plaster (a mixture of lime, sand, and water) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Plaster

1. 1. An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster. 2. A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar. 3. Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertiliser. Plaster cast, a copy of an object obtained by pouring plaster of Paris mixed with water into a mold. Plaster of Paris. [So called because originally brought from a suburb of Paris. A bandage saturated with a paste of plaster of Paris, which on drying forms a perfectly fitting splint. Plaster stone, any species of gypsum. See Gypsum. Origin: AS, a plaster (in sense 1), fr. L. Emplastrum, Gr, fr. To daub on, stuff in; in + to mold: cf. OF. Plastre a plaster (in sense 2), F. Platre. Cf. Plastic, Emplaster, Piaster] [Formerly written also plaister. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plaster

plasmonics plasmons plasmorrhexis plasmoschisis plasmosin plasmotomy plasmotropic plasmotropism plasmotype plasmozyme

plasms plast plaste plastein plaster (current term) plaster bandage plaster cast plaster casts plaster of Paris plaster of Paris disease

plaster over plaster saint plaster splint plasterboard plasterboarded plasterboarding plasterboards plastered plasterer

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