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plaster

noun
  1. a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water
  2. any of several gypsum cements
    plaster of paris
  3. adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
    adhesive plaster
  4. a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
    “there were cracks in the plaster”
    plasterwork
  5. 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.
    poulticecataplasm
verb
  1. dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
    poultice
  2. coat with plaster
    daub
  3. apply a heavy coat to
    stick onplaster over
  4. apply a plaster cast to
    “plaster the broken arm”
  5. affix conspicuously
    “I plastered warnings all over the wall.”
  6. cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
    “The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters”
    beplaster