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Noun plaster has 5 senses

plaster - a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
--₁ is a kind of mixture; covering material
--₁ has particulars:
finish coat, finishing coat; grout; parget, pargeting, pargetting; roughcast; spackle, spackling compound; stucco

Derived forms: verb plaster₅, verb plaster₃
plaster of Paris, plaster - 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
--₂ is a kind of calcium sulphate, calcium sulfate
--₂ has substances: gypsum
Derived form: verb plaster₃
poultice, cataplasm, plaster - 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.
--₃ is a kind of dressing, medical dressing
--₃ has particulars: mustard plaster, sinapism
Derived form: verb plaster₆
plaster, plasterwork - a hardened surface of plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster"
--₄ is a kind of surface
--₄ has particulars: pargeting, pargetting, pargetry
Derived form: verb plaster₅
plaster, adhesive plaster, sticking plaster - adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
--₅ is a kind of adhesive tape
--₅ has particulars: court plaster

Verb plaster has 6 senses

plaster - cover conspicuously, as by pasting something on; "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"
--₁ is one way to cover
Sample sentence:
They plaster the doors with notices
plaster - affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall"
--₂ is one way to affix, stick on
Sample sentence:
They plaster notices on the doors
plaster - apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm"
--₃ is one way to cover

Derived forms: noun plaster₂, noun plaster₁, noun plastering₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
plaster, plaster over, stick on - apply a heavy coat to
--₄ is one way to cover

Derived form: noun plastering₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
plaster, daub - coat with plaster; "daub the wall"
--₅ is one way to coat, surface

Derived forms: noun plaster₄, noun plaster₁, noun plasterer₁, noun plastering₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
poultice, plaster - dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
--₆ is one way to dress

Derived forms: noun plaster₃, noun plastering₁
Sample sentence:
Did he plaster his foot?