Meaning

2 senses
  1. A cast made of a stiff material (often plaster of Paris and gauze) in order to immobilize a broken bone for the period of healing.

    Gips, Gipsverband

    гипсовая повя́зкаgipsovaja povjázka

    bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal

  2. A copy of a piece of art or other object cast in plaster.

    The police got a plaster cast of the suspect's footprint.

    Abguß, Gipsabguß, Gipsabdruck

Examples

4 sentences
  1. How should I care for my plaster cast?

  2. I can't use my left hand because of the plaster cast.

  3. Can I travel on a plane if I have a plaster cast?

  4. Being alone is above all just a kind of mental plaster cast, in which something heals.

    deDas Alleinsein stellt zunächst nur eine Art seelischen Gipsverband dar, in dem etwas heilt. — carlosalberto

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
healing aid:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
healing aid:
copy:

Forms

plural: plaster casts
Singularplaster cast
Pluralplaster casts

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal:castplaster bandage

See also

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