Plaster
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plaster¹
- /ˈplɑːstə/ Geordie, UK, Southern England
- /ˈplastə/ Northern England
- /ˈplastəɾ/ Scotland
- /ˈplastəɻ/ Ireland
- /ˈplæstɚ/ US
- /ˈplɐːstə/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɑːstə(ɹ), -æstə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English plaster, plastre, from Old English plaster, from late Latin plastrum, shortened from Classical Latin emplastrum (“a plaster, bandage”); later reinforced by Anglo-Norman plastre. Displaced native Old English clīþa.
The verb is from Middle English plastren, from the noun.
noun plasters · plaister · plastre
- A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes. Then Jill came in, And she did grin, To see Jack's paper plaster; Her mother whipt her, Across her knee, For laughing at Jack's disaster.
- A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
- 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. Near-synonym: stucco (dedicated term for exterior type in some dialects)
- A similar material used for exterior walls.
- A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
- Plaster of Paris.
verb plasters · plastering · plastered · plaister · plastre
- To cover or coat something with plaster; to render. to plaster a wall
- To apply a plaster to. to plaster a wound
- To smear with some viscous or liquid substance. Her face was plastered with mud.
- To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly. The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.
- To cover a surface extensively with something, especially posters, pictures, or notices. The workmen plastered the wall with pictures.
- To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire). Yeah, if you think that was bad... having, obviously, here, being people in the modern day and knowing something about the historical tactics used at the Battle of Samar, we did have, at one point, the American battleline sailing itself into a rain squall, staying in the rain squall, using large num
- To smooth over.
Plaster²
proper noun
- A surname.
