plaster
A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposesA paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
» Tom was plastered.
Tom war betrunken. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom war besoffen. — Felixjp
Том був п'яний. — deniko
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6 senses(uncountable)A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
Salbe, Creme
мазьmazʹ, пла́стырьplástyrʹ
(Canada, New Zealand, UK, countable)A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
(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.
Near-synonym: stucco (dedicated term for exterior type in some dialects)
Putz, Verputz, Stuck
штукату́ркаštukatúrka
a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
(countable, uncountable)A similar material used for exterior walls.
(countable)A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
Gips, Gipsverband, Abguß
гипсgips
(uncountable)Plaster of Paris.
a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
Examples
46 sentencesTom was plastered.
Том був п'яний. — deniko
deTom war betrunken. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I know that Tom is plastered.
You looked like you were plastered.
Tom looked like he was plastered.
deTom sah aus, als wäre er knüppeldicke voll. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
A plasterer is a craftsman who applies plaster on walls.
deEin Stuckateur ist ein Handwerker, der Stuck auf Wände aufträgt. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English plaster, plastre, from Old English plaster, from late Latin plastrum,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. Displaced native Old English clīþa.
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Forms
plural: plastersSynonyms
9 synonyms- adhesive tape used in dressing wounds:adhesive plastersticking plaster
- a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling):plasterwork
- 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:plaster of Paris
- 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
Word family
28 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.