Meaning & use
Plaster
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A soft mixture of lime, water, and sand that hardens into a solid coating for walls and ceilings.
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Cracks appeared in the plaster after the old house settled.
The workers applied a fresh coat of plaster to the ceiling.
A note on using this word
In British English, "plaster" also means an adhesive bandage, equivalent to the American "Band-Aid."
Another way to use it
2. verb
To cover a wall or surface with plaster, or to cover something thickly or excessively.
Posters were plastered across every wall of the dorm.
3. noun
An adhesive bandage (British English).
She put a plaster on the small cut on her finger.
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