plaster

Noun
  1. A mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water;
    Hardens into a smooth solid;
    Used to cover walls and ceilings (synset 115016854)
    is a type of:
    • mixture - (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
    • covering material - a material used by builders to cover surfaces
    subtypes:
    • finish coat, finishing coat - the final coating of (eg., paint, plaster, varnish, etc.)
    • grout - a thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in masonry or brickwork
    • parget, pargeting, pargetting - plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys
    • roughcast - a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls
    • spackle, spackling compound - powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster
    • stucco - a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces
  2. 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 (synset 115017180)
    is a type of: calcium sulfate, calcium sulphate - a white salt (CaSO4)
    subtypes: gesso - gypsum or plaster of Paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding (or a surface so prepared)
    substance holonym: gypsum - a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris)
    same as: plaster of paris
  3. 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. (synset 103999761)
    is a type of: dressing, medical dressing - a cloth covering for a wound or sore
    subtypes: mustard plaster, sinapism - a plaster containing powdered black mustard; applied to the skin as a counterirritant or rubefacient
    same as: cataplasm, poultice
  4. A surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling) (synset 103963861)
    "there were cracks in the plaster"
    is a type of: surface - the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
    subtypes: pargeting, pargetry, pargetting - ornamental plasterwork
    same as: plasterwork
  5. Adhesive tape used in dressing wounds (synset 103963714)
    is a type of: adhesive tape - tape coated with adhesive
    subtypes: court plaster - a plaster composed of isinglass on silk; formerly used to dress superficial wounds
    same as: adhesive plaster, sticking plaster
Verb
  1. Apply a heavy coat to (synset 201365133)
    is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
    same as: plaster over, stick on
  2. Cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on (synset 201615868)
    "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"; "She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco"
    is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
    same as: beplaster
    verb group: plaster - affix conspicuously
  3. Affix conspicuously (synset 201615722)
    "She plastered warnings all over the wall"
    is a type of: affix, stick on - attach to
    verb group: beplaster, plaster - cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
  4. Apply a plaster cast to (synset 201365271)
    "plaster the broken arm"
    is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
  5. Coat with plaster (synset 201363602)
    "daub the wall"
    referred to in: masonry - the craft of a mason
    is a type of: coat, surface - put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
    subtypes:
    same as: daub
    verb group: daub - apply to a surface
  6. Dress by covering with a therapeutic substance (synset 200082682)
    referred to in: medicine, practice of medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
    is a type of: dress - apply a bandage or medication to
    same as: poultice

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