plaster

See also plåster

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• plaister
• plastre (obsolete)

Etymology

Old English plaster, from late Latin plastrum; later reinforced by Anglo-Norman plaistre.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈplɑːstə/

Rhymes: -ɑːstə(r)

• (US) IPA: /ˈplæstɚ/

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Noun

plaster (countable and uncountable; plural plasters)

1. (uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
2. (countable, New Zealand, UK) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
3. (uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
4. (countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; plaster cast.

Derived terms

• plasterboard
• gypsum plaster
• plaster lath
• plaster and lath; lath and plaster

See also

• wonderboard
• cement board
• lath
• gypsum board
• gyprock
• sheetrock
• wallboard
• drywall

Translations

healing paste

Danish: salve (da) c. Finnish: voide (fi) French: onguent (fr) m. Italian: gesso (it)

Polish: gips (pl) m. Spanish: ungüento (es) m. Swedish: salva (sv)

adhesive bandage — see band-aid and sticking plaster

mixture for coating

Bosnian: malter (bs) m. Czech: sádra (cs) f. Danish: puds (da) n., gips (da) c. Estonian: krohv (et) Finnish: laasti (fi) French: plâtre (fr) m. Greek: γύψος (el) (gýpsos) m. Irish: plástar (ga) m.

Italian: intonaco (it) Polish: gips (pl) m. Russian: штукатурка (ru) f. Scottish Gaelic: sglàib (gd) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: малтер m. Roman: malter m.

cast

Bosnian: gips (bs) m. Danish: gips (da) c. Finnish: kipsivalos (fi) French: plâtre (fr) m. Greek: γύψος (el) (gýpsos) m.

Portuguese: gesso (pt) m. Russian: гипс (ru) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: гипс m. Roman: gips m.

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Esperanto: plastro Persian: گچ (gac) Spanish: yeso m., escayola f., enlucido m., revoque m.

Verb

plaster (third-person singular simple present plasters, present participle plastering, simple past and past participle plastered)

1. (transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster, or apply a plaster.

   Her face was plastered in mud.

2. (transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster.

   The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.

Derived terms

• court-plaster
• plasterboard
• plastered
• plasterer

See also

• drywall
• sheetrock

Translations

to cover with plaster

Danish: pudse, kalke, gipse

Finnish: rapata (fi)

to cover up, as with plaster

Danish: klistre, overklistre

Finnish: peittää (fi), tapetoida (fi), teipata (fi)

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French: plâtre

Anagrams

• palters, platers, psalter, stapler

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Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse plástr, from Medieval Latin plastrum, from Latin emplastrum.

Noun

plaster n. (singular definite plastret or plasteret, plural indefinite plastre)

1. band-aid

Inflection

    Inflection of plaster

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	plaster	plastret plasteret	plastre	plastrene
genitive	plasters	plastrets plasterets	plastres	plastrenes

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Polish

Noun

plaster m. (diminutive plasterek)

1. plaster, sticking plaster, band-aid

Declension

    declension of plaster

	singular	plural
nominative	plaster	plastry
genitive	plastra	plastrów
dative	plastrowi	plastrom
accusative	plaster	plastry
instrumental	plastrem	plastrami
locative	plastrze	plastrach
vocative	plastrze	plastry

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Swedish

Noun

plaster

1. indefinite plural of plast