plaster

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
2. (British, Canada, New-Zealand, countable) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
3. (uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings; render, stucco.
4. (countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
5. (uncountable) Plaster of Paris.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
2. (transitive) To apply a plaster to.
3. (transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
4. (transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
6. (figuratively, transitive) To smooth over.

sinonimi

smear

mortar

daub

poultice

gypsum

stucco

plaster of Paris

sticking plaster

paint

paste

cement

adhesive bandage

ointment

adhesive plaster

parget

glue

cast

salve

plasterwork

coat

🧥

beplaster

apply

plaster cast

band-aid

plastering

spread

stick on

calcinate

cataplasm

caulk

whitewash

fill

wipe

bandage

white-wash

lime

bandaid

plaster over

grout

bedaub

cover

adhesive tape

bond

moulder

mucus

mull

overlay

pack

pad

patch

pin

plate

pour on

protect

put on

raze

receive

render

rendering

rolling pin

roughcast

rub

sand

scarify

seal

🦭

smudge

soothe

suit

swab

thick

unguent

varnish

viscous

window dressing

Band Aid

calcium sulphate

cover over

smear on

spread over

cover hole in surface 3

adhete to

compo

be bound with cement

do cement work

stone and water to make floor

pebbliedash

thick ointment

apply a plaster

of plaster

finishing coat

skimcoat

finishing mortar

cere-cloth

gypsym

put plaster on

back

🔙

Band-aid

accept

🉑

accredit

admit

alleviate

anoint

array

attire

make a surface sticky

balm

band

besmear

blot out

brood

cake

🍰

clothe

coating

color

compost

concentration

concrete

cream

creator

crush

dress

👗

dressing

dwell

erect

face

facing

fit

foment

fomentation

gesso

harbor

harbour

hatch

incubate

lacquer

lag

make up for

marl

molder

Traduzioni

plâtre

yeso

Gips

Putz

pleister

Pflaster

plâtrer

verputzen

emplâtre

revêtir

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈplɑː.stə/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: plaster

Ereditato da inglese antico: plaster

Ereditato da inglese medio: plastren

In summary

From Middle English plaster, plastre, from Old English plaster, from late Latin plastrum, shortened from Classical Latin emplastrum (“a plaster, bandage”); later reinforced by Anglo-Norman plastre.
The verb is from Middle English plastren, from the noun.