plaster

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a soft mixture of lime, sand, and water that hardens and is used to cover walls and ceilings

   The workers spread a smooth layer of plaster over the old brick wall.

2. 2
   verb

   to cover a wall or ceiling with plaster

   They plastered the walls before painting the room.

3. 3
   verb

   to cover a surface thickly with something, or stick things all over it

   Fans plastered the city with posters of the band.

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.

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