plas·ter (pl s t r)n. 1. A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with fiber added, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings. 2. Plaster of Paris. 3. A pastelike mixture applied to a part of the body for healing or cosmetic purposes. Also called sticking plaster. 4. Chiefly British An adhesive bandage. v. plas·tered, plas·ter·ing, plas·ters v.tr. 1. To cover, coat, or repair with plaster. 2. To cover or hide with or as if with a coat of plaster: plastered over our differences. 3. To apply a plaster to: plaster an aching muscle. 4. a. To cover conspicuously, as with things pasted on; overspread: plaster the walls with advertising. b. To affix conspicuously, usually with a paste: plaster notices on all the doors. 5. To make smooth by applying a sticky substance: plaster one's hair with pomade. 6. To make adhere to another surface: "His hair was plastered to his forehead" (William Golding). 7. Informal a. To inflict heavy damage or injury on. b. To defeat decisively. v.intr. To apply plaster. [Middle English, from Old English, medical dressing, and from Old French plastre, cementing material, both from Latin emplastrum, medical dressing, from Greek emplastron, from emplassein, to plaster on : en-, in, on; see en-2 + plassein, to mold; see pel -2 in Indo-European roots.]plas ter·er n.plas ter·y adj. |
plaster
Noun
1. a mixture of lime, sand, and water that is applied to a wall or ceiling as a soft paste and dries as a hard coating
2. Brit, Austral, & NZ an adhesive strip of material for dressing a cut or wound
3. short for mustard plaster or plaster of Paris
Verb
1. to coat (a wall or ceiling) with plaster
2. to apply like plaster: he plastered his face with shaving cream
3. to cause to lie flat or to adhere: his hair was plastered to his forehead [Greek emplastron healing dressing]
plasterer n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  plaster - a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilingsfinish coat, finishing coat - the final coating of plaster applied to walls and ceilings; "we can't paint until they put on the finishing coat" mixture - (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding) covering material - a material used by builders to cover surfaces grout - a thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in masonry or brickwork roughcast - a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls spackle, spackling compound - powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster stucco - a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces |
| 2. | plaster - 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 gesso - gypsum or plaster of Paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding (or a surface so prepared) gypsum - a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris) calcium sulfate, calcium sulphate - a white salt (CaSO4) | |
| 3. |  plaster - 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.medical dressing, dressing - a cloth covering for a wound or sore mustard plaster, sinapism - a plaster containing powdered black mustard; applied to the skin as a counterirritant or rubefacient | |
| 4. |  plaster - a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster"surface - the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface" | |
| 5. |  plaster - adhesive tape used in dressing woundsadhesive tape - tape coated with adhesive court plaster - a plaster composed of isinglass on silk; formerly used to dress superficial wounds | |
| Verb | 1. | plaster - apply a heavy coat to cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| 2. | plaster - 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" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" plaster - affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall" | |
| 3. | plaster - affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall" | |
| 4. | plaster - apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" | |
| 5. | plaster - coat with plaster; "daub the wall" masonry - the craft of a mason coat, surface - put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate" daub - apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall" render-set - cover with two coats of plaster; "render-set the walls so they'll look nice and smooth" parget - apply ornamental plaster to roughcast - apply roughcast to; "roughcast a wall" mud - plaster with mud mortar - plaster with mortar; "mortar the wall" | |
| 6. | plaster - dress by covering with a therapeutic substance practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" dress - apply a bandage or medication to; "dress the victim's wounds" |
plaster
Translations
plaster [ˈplɑːstəʳ] n (for walls) → yeso;
(MED) (for broken leg etc) → escayola;
(BRIT) (also: sticking plaster) → tirita, esparadrapo
plaster [ˈplɑːstəʳ] n (for walls) → Putz m;
(also: plaster of Paris) → Gips m;
(Brit) (also: sticking plaster) → Pflaster nt
vt [+ wall, ceiling] → verputzen;
in plaster (Brit) → in Gips;
to plaster with (= cover) → bepflastern mit
plaster [ˈplɑːstəʳ] n → intonaco;
(also: plaster of Paris) → gesso;
(BRIT) (also: sticking plaster) → cerotto
(col) [+ mud etc]; impiastricciare;
in plaster (BRIT) [leg etc] → ingessato/a
n plaster [ˈplaːstə]
1 (also adjective) (of) a substance put on walls, ceilings etc which dries to form a hard smooth surface He mixed up some plaster to repair the wall; a plaster ceiling. pleister جِص мазилка omítka gips; gips- der Verputz, verputzt σοβάς revoque, enlucido krohv گچ laasti (de) plâtre טִיחַ दीवार पर लगाने का मसाला žbuka vakolat adukan plester múrhúð intonaco しっくい 회반죽 tinkas; tinkuotas apmetums lepa pleister gips, murpuss gips reboco (de) mortar штукатурка omietka malta malter puts[] ปูนฉาบผนัง sıva (塗牆用的)灰泥 штукатурка ديوار وغيرہ کا پلاسٹر vữa （涂墙用的）灰泥
2 (also adjective) (alsoplaster of Paris) (of) a similar quick-drying substance used for supporting broken limbs, making models etc She's got her arm in plaster; a plaster model. gips لُصوق، لَزْقَه гипс sádra; sádrový gips; gips- der Gips, Gips-... γύψος yeso kips گچ kipsi (en/de) plâtre גֶבֶס खड़िया मिट्टी से बना मसाला gips gipsz gips gifs gesso ギプス 석고 gipsas; gipsinis ģipsis plaster gips gips gips, gipsowy gesso (din) g(h)ips гипс sadra; sadrový mavec gips gips ปูนปลาสเตอร์ alçı 熟石膏 пластир ضماد، پٹي bó bột thạch cao 熟石膏
3 (alsoˈsticking-plaster; AmericanBand-Aid) (a piece of) sticky tape (sometimes with a dressing) used to cover a wound etc You should put a plaster on that cut. pleister مُشَمَّع لَصوق лейкопласт náplast plaster das Pflaster λευκοπλάστης, έμπλαστρο esparadrapo, tirita plaaster چسب زخم laastari pansement adhésif אֶגֶד מִדַבֵּק कटने इत्यादि पर लगाया जाने वाला टेप flaster tapasz plester plástur cerotto ばんそうこう 반창고 pleistras plāksteris plaster hechtpleister (sår)plaster plaster adesivo plasture пластырь náplasť obliž flaster plåster ปลาสเตอร์ปิดแผล plâster, yara bandı 藥膏 лейкопластир زخم پر لگانے کي پٹي băng dán 药膏
v
1 to put plaster on They plastered the walls. pleister يُغَطّي الحائِط بالجِص измазвам omítnout pudse verputzen σοβαντίζω enyesar, enlucir krohvima گچ کاری کردن rapata plâtrer לְטַייֵחַ प्लास्टर करना žbukati bevakol melepa, memlester múrhúða intonacare しっくいを塗る ...에 회반죽을 바르다 (iš)tinkuoti, (su)gipsuoti apmest melepa pleisteren pusse, gipse gipsować, tynkować estucar a tencui штукатурить omietnuť ometati omalterisati putsa, rappa โบกปูน sıvamak, sıva yapmak 在...上塗灰泥 штукатурити ديوار کو پلاسٹر کرنا trát vữa 在...上涂灰泥
2 to spread or apply rather too thickly She'd look nicer if she didn't plaster so much make-up on her face. plak, aanplak يَضَع بِشَكلٍ كَثيف наплесквам nanést (silnou vrstvou) smøre übertünchen πασαλείβω embadurnar, untar paksult võõpama زدن؛ چسباندن levittää (se) mettre une épaisse couche de לִמרוֹחַ בְּ- खूब लेप देना namazati ráken melumari maka, smyrja impiastrare 塗りたてる ...에 처덕처덕 두껍게 바르다 (už)tepti uztriept menempek dik besmeren met smøre tykt på napaćkać besuntar a pune un strat gros de покрывать толстым слоем natrieť, dať debelo nanesti namazati smeta på (över) พอก kaplamak, sıvamak 厚厚地塗抹 намазувати; вкривати шаром چھوپنا bôi trát 厚厚地涂抹
n plasterer
a person whose job is to put plaster on walls, ceilings etc. pleisteraar جَصّاص، مُبَيِّض мазач omítkář stukkatør der Stukkateur σοβατζής yesero krohvija گچ کار rappari plâtrier/-ière מְטַייֵחַ प्लास्टर करने वाला štukater vakoló(munkás) tukang lepa múrari intonacatore 左官 미장이, 석고 세공인 tinkuotojas apmetējs tukang plaster stukadoor murer tynkarz estucador tencuitor штукатур omietkár mavčar gipsar murare ช่างปูน sıvacı 泥水匠 штукатур پلاسٹر کرنے والا thợ nề 泥水匠
n / adj plastic [ˈplӕstik]
(of) any of many chemically manufactured substances that can be moulded when still soft This cup is made of plastic; a plastic cup. plastiek بْلاسْتيكي пластмаса plastik(ový) plastik; plastik- das Plastik, Plastik-... πλαστικό(ς) plástico plastmass هرگونه ماده شکل پذیر muovi plastique פְּלַסטִיק प्लास्टिक plastika műanyag plastik plast(efni) plastica; di plastica プラスチック 플라스틱(성(性)의), 합성수지(의) plastikas, plastmasė; plastikinis, plastmasinis plastmasa; plastikāts; plastmasas- plastik plastic plast tworzywo sztuczne plástico (de/din) plastic пластик, пластмасса plastik; plastikový plastika; plastičen plastika [] plast วัตถุพลาสติก plâstik 塑料［的］ пластмаса; пластмасовий پلاسٹک chất dẻo 塑料［的］
adj
easily made into different shapes. plasties لَدِن، مَرِن، قابِل للتَّشْكيل بأشْكال مُخْتَلِفَه гъвкав plastický, tvárný plastik- formbar εύπλαστος de plástico; moldeable plastiline قالب پذیر muovailtava plastique, malléable גָמִיש सांचे में ढालने योग्य, नवाने योग्य podatan alakítható mudah dibentuk auðmótanlegur plastico, modellabile 成形のやさしい 모양을 만들기 쉬운 plastinis, plastiškas plastisks mudah dibentuk plastisch smidig, plastisk plastyczny plástico plastic, maleabil пластичный plastický plastičen, upogljiv plastičan formbar, mjuk ที่แต่งเป็นรูปเป็นร่างได้ plâstik 可塑的，塑性的 пластичний; гнучкий نرم، شکل پذير dễ tạo hình 可塑的，塑性的
plastic surgery
plastiese sjirurgie جِراحَةٌ بلاسْتيكِيَّه пластична хирургия plastická chirurgie plastisk kirurgi; plastikkirurg plastische Chirurgie πλαστική χειρουργική cirugía plástica plastiline kirurgia جراحی پلاستیک plastiikkakirurgia chirurgie esthétique; chirurgien/-ienne esthétique נִיתוּחַ פְּלָסטִי प्लास्टिक शल्य चिकित्सा plastična kirurgija plasztikai sebészet bedah plastik fegrunaraðgerð chirurgia plastica 形成外科 성형외과, 성형외과의(醫) plastinė chirurgija plastiskā ķirurģija pembedahan plastik plastische chirurgie plastisk kirurgi chirurgia plastyczna cirurgia plástica chirurgie plastică пластическая хирургия plastická chirurgia plastična kirurgija plastična hirurgija plastikkirurgi ศัลยกรรมตกแต่ง estetik cerrahî 整形外科 пластична хірургія پلاسٹک سرجري phẫu thuật tạo hình 整形外科
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