Plaster ¹

Definition: An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster.

Plaster ²

Definition: A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar.

Plaster ³

Definition: Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer.

Plaster ⁴

Definition: To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore.

Plaster ⁵

Definition: To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house.

Plaster ⁶

Definition: Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster.

plaster ⁷

Definition: adhesive tape used in dressing wounds

plaster ⁸

Definition: a hardened surface of plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster"

plaster ⁹

Definition: 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.

plaster ¹⁰

Definition: a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings

plaster ¹¹

Definition: 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

plaster ¹²

Definition: dress by covering with a therapeutic substance

plaster ¹³

Definition: coat with plaster; "daub the wall"

plaster ¹⁴

Definition: apply a heavy coat to

plaster ¹⁵

Definition: apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm"

plaster ¹⁶

Definition: affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall"

plaster ¹⁷

Definition: cover conspicuously, as by pasting something on; "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"