plaster
A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
Other meanings
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.
A similar material used for exterior walls.
A kind of
- mixture
- covering material
Kinds of plaster
- finish coat
Related words
- plasterless
- plasterly
- plasterman
- plastery
- shinplaster
- unplaster
- beplaster
- plasterboard
- plasterlike
- plasterwork
- quicksilver plaster
- blister plaster
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "emplastrum" (a plaster, bandage).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “plaster” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.