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plasterwork

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plas·ter·work  (plstr-wûrk)
n.
Construction or ornamental work done with plaster.
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Noun1.plasterworkplasterwork - a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster"
plaster
pargetry, pargetting, pargeting - ornamental plasterwork
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"


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It was, in its way, a very charming room, with its high panelled wainscoting of olive-stained oak, its cream-coloured frieze and ceiling of raised plasterwork, and its brickdust felt carpet strewn with silk, long-fringed Persian rugs.
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