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

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

[ Syn: plaster of paris ]

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.

[ Syn: poultice , cataplasm ]

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

[ Syn: plasterwork ]

adhesive tape used in dressing wounds

[ Syn: adhesive plaster , sticking plaster ]

apply a heavy coat to

[ Syn: plaster over , stick on ]

cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on; The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters; She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco

[ Syn: beplaster ]

affix conspicuously; She plastered warnings all over the wall'

apply a plaster cast to; plaster the broken arm'

coat with plaster; daub the wall

[ Syn: daub ]

dress by covering with a therapeutic substance

[ Syn: poultice ]