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plaster

[ plas-ter, plah-ster ]

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noun

a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
powdered gypsum.
plaster of Paris.
a solid or semisolid preparation spread upon cloth, plastic, or other material and applied to the body, especially for some healing purpose.

verb (used with object)

to cover (walls, ceilings, etc.) with plaster.
to treat with gypsum or plaster of Paris.
to lay flat like a layer of plaster.
to daub or fill with plaster or something similar.
to apply a plaster to (the body, a wound, etc.).
to overspread with something, especially thickly or excessively:
a wall plastered with posters.
Informal.
1. to defeat decisively; trounce; drub.
2. to knock down or injure, as by a blow or beating.
3. to inflict serious damage or injury on by heavy bombing, shelling, or other means of attack.

plaster

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noun

a mixture of lime, sand, and water, sometimes stiffened with hair or other fibres, that is applied to the surface of a wall or ceiling as a soft paste that hardens when dry
an adhesive strip of material, usually medicated, for dressing a cut, wound, etc
short for mustard plaster plaster of Paris

verb

to coat (a wall, ceiling, etc) with plaster
tr to apply like plaster
she plastered make-up on her face
tr to cause to lie flat or to adhere
tr to apply a plaster cast to
slang.
tr to strike or defeat with great force

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Derived Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of plaster¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English, from Medieval Latin plastrum “plaster” (both medical and building senses), aphetic variant of Latin emplastrum, from Greek é��ٰ��ǲ� “salve,” alteration of é��ٴǲ�, neuter of é��ٴǲ� “d��ܲ��”; em- ², -plast

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Word History and Origins

Origin of plaster¹

Old English, from Medieval Latin plastrum medicinal salve, building plaster, via Latin from Greek emplastron curative dressing, from em- + plassein to form

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"This is another sticking plaster over something that really needs to be dealt with."

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A short distance away, a large logo of the Boring Company, Musk's infrastructure company, is plastered on the side of another headquarters.

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As she viewed images of the burned-out school plastered on social media, she worried about her students’ mental well-being.

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said the government's plan was just a "short-term sticking plaster" and both he and the Green Party have called for public ownership as the only option.

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"When the mountains are plastered in gorse you have cases like California with people going for a picnic and chucking glass and then you've got a problem," she said.

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-plast plasterboard

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