Piastra

pi·as·ter also pi·as·tre (p

r, -ä

1. See Table at currency.

2. Piece of eight.

[French piastre, from Italian piastra, thin metal plate, from Latin emplastrum, medical dressing; see plaster.]

piastre, piaster [pɪˈæstə]

1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) (formerly) the standard monetary unit of South Vietnam, divided into 100 cents

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) a fractional monetary unit of Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria worth one hundredth of a pound; formerly also used in the Sudan

3. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) another name for kuruş

4. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) a rare word for piece of eight

[from French piastre, from Italian piastra d'argento silver plate; related to Italian piastro plaster]

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Noun	1.	$piastre - a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria$ piastre - a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria piaster fractional monetary unit, subunit - a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit Egyptian pound, pound - the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters Lebanese pound, pound - the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters Sudanese pound, pound - the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters Syrian pound, pound - the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
	2.	piastre - 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey kurus, piaster Turkish monetary unit - monetary unit in Turkey Turkish lira, lira - the basic unit of money in Turkey asper - 20 aspers equal 1 kurus in Turkey

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piastre piaster (US) [pɪˈæstəʳ] N → piastra f

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asper
Egyptian pound
fractional monetary unit
kurus
Lebanese pound
lira
piaster
Pound
subunit
Sudanese pound
Syrian pound
Turkish lira
Turkish monetary unit

The advantage of a piastra is that it gives you a very hot cooking surface" -- and is a great way to cook many foods -- mussels, shrimp, flatbreads.

FRESH IDEAS PUT MORE SIZZLE INTO SUMMER GRILLING by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

The surface of Nanni Valentini's Piastra bianca (White tile), 1978, is of gesso built up so thickly as to become sculptural; a mass of orange-brown stoneware is stuffed into a hole in its cracked, pale gray surface, suggesting a decaying structure that has been roughly patched.

"Il Respiro Nascosto Delle Cose": Studio La Citta. (Reviews: Verona) by Auslander, Philip / Artforum International

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