English noun: plaster | |||
1. | plaster (substance) a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings | ||
Broader (hypernym) | covering material, mixture | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | finish coat, finishing coat, grout, parget, pargeting, pargetting, roughcast, spackle, spackling compound, stucco | ||
2. | plaster (substance) 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 | ||
Synonyms | plaster of Paris | ||
Broader (hypernym) | calcium sulfate, calcium sulphate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | gesso | ||
Substance holonym | gypsum | ||
3. | plaster (artifact) 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. | ||
Synonyms | cataplasm, poultice | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dressing, medical dressing | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | mustard plaster, sinapism | ||
4. | plaster (artifact) a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling) | ||
Samples | There were cracks in the plaster. | ||
Synonyms | plasterwork | ||
Broader (hypernym) | surface | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | pargeting, pargetry, pargetting | ||
5. | plaster (artifact) adhesive tape used in dressing wounds | ||
Synonyms | adhesive plaster, sticking plaster | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adhesive tape | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | court plaster | ||
English verb: plaster | |||
1. | plaster (contact) apply a heavy coat to | ||
Synonyms | plaster over, stick on | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cover | ||
2. | plaster (contact) cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on | ||
Samples | The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters. She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco. | ||
Examples | They plaster the doors with notices | ||
Synonyms | beplaster | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something with something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cover | ||
Verb group | plaster | ||
3. | plaster (contact) affix conspicuously | ||
Samples | She plastered warnings all over the wall. | ||
Examples | They plaster notices on the doors | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | affix, stick on | ||
Verb group | beplaster, plaster | ||
4. | plaster (contact) apply a plaster cast to | ||
Samples | Plaster the broken arm. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cover | ||
5. | plaster (contact) coat with plaster | ||
Samples | Daub the wall. | ||
Synonyms | daub | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | coat, surface | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | mortar, mud, parget, render-set, roughcast | ||
Verb group | daub | ||
Domain category | masonry | ||
6. | plaster (body) dress by covering with a therapeutic substance | ||
Examples | Did he plaster his foot? | ||
Synonyms | poultice | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dress | ||
Domain category | medicine, practice of medicine | ||