Thesaurus: plaster

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1. n. An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster.
2. n. A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar.
3. n. Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer.
4. v. t. To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore.
5. v. t. To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house.
6. v. t. Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster.
7. n. a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
8. n. 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
9. n. 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.
10. n. a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
11. n. adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
12. v. apply a heavy coat to