plaster

Meanings

• a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
• 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
• 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.
• a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
  • "there were cracks in the plaster"
• adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
• apply a heavy coat to
• cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
  • "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"
  • "She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco"
• affix conspicuously
  • "She plastered warnings all over the wall"
• apply a plaster cast to
  • "plaster the broken arm"
• coat with plaster
• dress by covering with a therapeutic substance

Synonyms

adhesive plaster, beplaster, cataplasm, daub, plaster of Paris, plaster over, plasterwork, poultice, stick on, sticking plaster