transcription, транскрипция: [ plɑ:stə(r), plæs- ]
( plasters, plastering, plastered)
1.
Plaster is a smooth paste made of sand, lime, and water which goes hard when it dries. Plaster is used to cover walls and ceilings and is also used to make sculptures.
There were huge cracks in the plaster, and the green shutters were faded...
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2.
If you plaster a wall or ceiling, you cover it with a layer of plaster.
The ceiling he had just plastered fell in and knocked him off his ladder.
VERB : V n
3.
If you plaster a surface or a place with posters or pictures, you stick a lot of them all over it.
They plastered the city with posters condemning her election...
His room is plastered with pictures of Porsches and Ferraris.
VERB : V n with n , be V-ed with n
4.
If you plaster yourself in some kind of sticky substance, you cover yourself in it.
She plastered herself from head to toe in high factor sun lotion.
VERB : V pron-refl in n
5.
A plaster is a strip of sticky material used for covering small cuts or sores on your body. ( BRIT; in AM, usually use Band-Aid )
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6.
see also plastered
7.
If you have a leg or arm in plaster , you have a cover made of plaster of Paris around your leg or arm, in order to protect a broken bone and allow it to mend. ( mainly BRIT; in AM, use in a cast )
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