plaster

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   apply a plaster cast to

   plaster the broken arm

2. 2
   verb

   affix conspicuously

   I plastered warnings all over the wall.

3. 3
   verb

   cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on

   The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters

4. 4
   noun

   a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)

   there were cracks in the plaster

5. 5
   noun

   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)

6. 6
   verb

   To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.

   to plaster a wall

7. 7
   verb

   To apply a plaster to.

   to plaster a wound

8. 8
   verb

   To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.

   Her face was plastered with mud.

Etymology

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.