Definitions For Plaster

noun

• Adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
• A surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
• 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.
• 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
• A wet substance that hardens when it becomes dry and that is used to make smooth walls and ceilings
• A piece of material that is put on the skin over a small wound

verb

• Dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
• Coat with plaster
• Apply a heavy coat to
• Apply a plaster cast to
• Affix conspicuously
• Cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
• To cover (a surface) with plaster
• To cover (a surface or area) withsomething
• To put (something, such as a poster or sign) ona surface