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| NOUN | 1 | plaster | A mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water |
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| 2 | plaster, plaster of Paris | Any of several gypsum cements | |
| 3 | plaster, poultice, cataplasm | 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. | |
| 4 | plaster, plasterwork | A surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling) | |
| 5 | plaster, adhesive plaster, sticking plaster | Adhesive tape used in dressing wounds | |
| VERB | 1 | plaster, beplaster | Cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on |
| 2 | plaster | Affix conspicuously | |
| 3 | plaster | Apply a plaster cast to | |
| 4 | plaster, plaster over, stick on | Apply a heavy coat to | |
| 5 | plaster, daub | Coat with plaster | |
| 6 | plaster, poultice | Dress by covering with a therapeutic substance |
| Sounds | plae'ster |
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| Rhymes | abductor, accelerator, accelerometer, and 628 more rhymes in ter... |
| Meaning | A mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water. Hardens into a smooth solid. Used to cover walls and ceilings. |
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| Broader | mixture; covering material |
| Narrower | finish coat, finishing coat; grout; parget, pargeting, pargetting; roughcast; spackle, spackling compound; stucco |
| Verbs | plaster; plaster |
| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonyms | plaster of Paris |
| Substances | gypsum |
| Broader | calcium sulphate, calcium sulfate |
| Narrower | gesso |
| Verbs | plaster |
| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonyms | poultice, cataplasm |
| Broader | dressing, medical dressing |
| Narrower | mustard plaster, sinapism |
| Verbs | plaster |
| Meaning | A surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling). |
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| Examples | "there were cracks in the plaster" |
| Synonyms | plasterwork |
| Broader | surface |
| Narrower | pargeting, pargetting, pargetry |
| Verbs | plaster |
| Meaning | Adhesive tape used in dressing wounds. |
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| Synonyms | adhesive plaster, sticking plaster |
| Broader | adhesive tape |
| Narrower | court plaster |
| Meaning | Cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something with something |
| Model | They plaster the doors with notices |
| Examples | "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"; "She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco" |
| Synonyms | beplaster |
| Similar to | plaster |
| Broader | cover |
| Meaning | Affix conspicuously. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
| Model | They plaster notices on the doors |
| Examples | "She plastered warnings all over the wall" |
| Similar to | plaster, beplaster |
| Broader | affix, stick on |
| Meaning | Apply a plaster cast to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "plaster the broken arm" |
| Broader | cover |
| Nouns | plaster; plastering; plaster |
| Meaning | Apply a heavy coat to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Synonyms | plaster over, stick on |
| Broader | cover |
| Nouns | plastering |
| Meaning | Coat with plaster. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | daub |
| Similar to | daub |
| Category | masonry |
| Broader | coat, surface |
| Narrower | render-set; parget; roughcast; mud; mortar |
| Nouns | plaster; plastering; plasterer; plaster |
| Meaning | Dress by covering with a therapeutic substance. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Model | Did he plaster his foot? |
| Synonyms | poultice |
| Category | medicine, practice of medicine |
| Broader | dress |
| Nouns | plastering; plaster |
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