name · noun · verb · 24 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Australian, New-Zealand:/ˈplɐːstə/
rhymes with -ɑːstə(ɹ)
rhymes with -æstə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:P L AE1 S T ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, New-Zealand, UK, countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
Near-synonym: stucco (dedicated term for exterior type in some dialects)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: render, stucco, grout
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A similar material used for exterior walls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stucco
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
Plaster of Paris.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: by ellipsis
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
verb
Meaning 8
To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
to plaster a wall
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
verb
Meaning 9
To apply a plaster to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
to plaster a wound
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
verb
Meaning 10
To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
Her face was plastered with mud.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
verb
Meaning 11
To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
12
verb
Meaning 12
To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
13
verb
Meaning 13
To smooth over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
14
noun
Meaning 14
adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adhesive plaster, sticking plaster
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adhesive tape
Narrower terms: court plaster
15
noun
Meaning 15
a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
there were cracks in the plaster
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plasterwork
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: surface
Narrower terms: pargeting, pargetting, pargetry
16
noun
Meaning 16
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.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: poultice, cataplasm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dressing, medical dressing
Narrower terms: mustard plaster, sinapism
17
noun
Meaning 17
a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plaster of Paris
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: calcium sulphate, calcium sulfate
Narrower terms: gesso
19
verb
Meaning 19
dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plaster over, stick on
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cover
22
verb
Meaning 22
apply a plaster cast to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
plaster the broken arm
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cover
23
verb
Meaning 23
affix conspicuously
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
She plastered warnings all over the wall
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: affix, stick on
24
verb
Meaning 24
cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters
She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: beplaster
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cover
History
Etymology
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. The verb is from Middle English plastren, from the noun.
Across languages
Translations
170 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
мехлем
(mehlem)
— healing paste
Danish:
salve
— healing paste
Finnish:
voide
— healing paste
French:
onguent
— healing paste
Galician:
emplasto
— healing paste
German:
Salbe
— healing paste
German:
Creme
— healing paste
Greek:
έμπλαστρο
(émplastro)
— healing paste
Ancient Greek:
μάλαγμα
(málagma)
— healing paste
Ancient Greek:
δρῶπαξ
(drôpax)
— healing paste
Hindi:
प्लास्टर
(plāsṭar)
— healing paste
Irish:
plástar
— healing paste
Italian:
gesso
— healing paste
Italian:
unguento
— healing paste
Latin:
fōmentum
— healing paste
Plautdietsch:
Pleista
— healing paste
Polish:
gips
— healing paste
Portuguese:
unguento
— healing paste
Romanian:
unguent
— healing paste
Romanian:
cremă
— healing paste
Romanian:
alifie
— healing paste
Russian:
мазь
(mazʹ)
— healing paste
Russian:
пла́стырь
(plástyrʹ)
— healing paste
Spanish:
ungüento
— healing paste
Swedish:
salva
— healing paste
Swedish:
plåster
— healing paste
Tamil:
பூச்சு
(pūccu)
— healing paste
Afrikaans:
pleister
— mixture for coating
Arabic:
مِلَاط
(milāṭ)
— mixture for coating
Arabic:
جِبْس
(jibs)
— mixture for coating
Arabic:
جِصّ
(jiṣṣ)
— mixture for coating
Armenian:
սվաղ
(svaġ)
— mixture for coating
Armenian:
գաջ
(gaǰ)
— mixture for coating
Azerbaijani:
suvaq
— mixture for coating
Azerbaijani:
mala
— mixture for coating
Bulgarian:
мазилка
(mazilka)
— mixture for coating
Catalan:
argamassa
— mixture for coating
Chinese Mandarin:
石膏
(shígāo)
— mixture for coating
Czech:
sádra
— mixture for coating
Danish:
puds
— mixture for coating
Danish:
gips
— mixture for coating
Estonian:
krohv
— mixture for coating
Finnish:
laasti
— mixture for coating
French:
plâtre
— mixture for coating
French:
enduit
— mixture for coating
Galician:
recebo
— mixture for coating
German:
Putz
— mixture for coating
German:
Verputz
— mixture for coating
German:
Stuck
— mixture for coating
German:
Gips
— mixture for coating
German:
Wandputz
— mixture for coating
German:
Putzmörtel
— mixture for coating
German:
Kalkputz
— mixture for coating
German:
Gipsputz
— mixture for coating
German:
Lehmputz
— mixture for coating
Greek:
ασβεστοκονίαμα
(asvestokoníama)
— mixture for coating
Ancient Greek:
κονίαμα
(koníama)
— mixture for coating
Hindi:
प्लास्टर
(plāsṭar)
— mixture for coating
Hindi:
पलस्तर
(palastar)
— mixture for coating
Hungarian:
vakolat
— mixture for coating
Icelandic:
gifs
— mixture for coating
Indonesian:
plester
— mixture for coating
Irish:
plástar
— mixture for coating
Italian:
intonaco
— mixture for coating
Italian:
gesso
— mixture for coating
Korean:
석고
(seokgo)
— mixture for coating
Latin:
tectōrium
— mixture for coating
Māori:
ukutea
— mixture for coating
Norman:
pliâtre
— mixture for coating
Persian:
گچ
(gač)
— mixture for coating
Plautdietsch:
Plosta
— mixture for coating
Polish:
gips
— mixture for coating
Polish:
tynk
— mixture for coating
Portuguese:
gesso
— mixture for coating
Romanian:
tencuială
— mixture for coating
Russian:
штукату́рка
(štukatúrka)
— mixture for coating
Scottish Gaelic:
sglàib
— mixture for coating
Serbo-Croatian:
малтер
— mixture for coating
Serbo-Croatian:
malter
— mixture for coating
Spanish:
yeso
— mixture for coating
Spanish:
escayola
— mixture for coating
Spanish:
enlucido
— mixture for coating
Spanish:
revoque
— mixture for coating
Spanish:
estuco
— mixture for coating
Spanish:
emplaste
— mixture for coating
Swahili:
lipu
— mixture for coating
Swedish:
puts
— mixture for coating
Tamil:
காரை
(kārai)
— mixture for coating
Tamil:
பூச்சு
(pūccu)
— mixture for coating
Turkish:
sıva
— mixture for coating
Turkish:
alçı
— mixture for coating
Ottoman Turkish:
صیوا
(sıva)
— mixture for coating
Catalan:
guix
— cast
Catalan:
escaiola
— cast
Danish:
gips
— cast
Finnish:
kipsivalos
— cast
French:
plâtre
— cast
German:
Gips
— cast
German:
Gipsverband
— cast
German:
Abguß
— cast
German:
Gipsabguß
— cast
German:
Gipsabdruck
— cast
Greek:
γύψος
(gýpsos)
— cast
Hungarian:
gipsz
— cast
Hungarian:
gipszkötés
— cast
Irish:
plástar
— cast
Irish:
teilgean plástair
— cast
Italian:
gesso
— cast
Italian:
calco
— cast
Italian:
stampo
— cast
Norman:
pliâtre
— cast
Occitan:
geis
— cast
Occitan:
gip
— cast
Portuguese:
gesso
— cast
Russian:
гипс
(gips)
— cast
Serbo-Croatian:
гипс
— cast
Serbo-Croatian:
gips
— cast
Spanish:
yeso
— cast
Spanish:
escayola
— cast
Afrikaans:
pleister
— to cover with plaster
Armenian:
գաջել
(gaǰel)
— to cover with plaster
Catalan:
arrebossar
— to cover with plaster
Catalan:
enguixar
— to cover with plaster
Danish:
pudse
— to cover with plaster
Danish:
kalke
— to cover with plaster
Danish:
gipse
— to cover with plaster
Dutch:
stuken
— to cover with plaster
Finnish:
rapata
— to cover with plaster
French:
enduire
— to cover with plaster
French:
plâtrer
— to cover with plaster
Galician:
recebar
— to cover with plaster
German:
vergipsen
— to cover with plaster
German:
putzen
— to cover with plaster
German:
verputzen
— to cover with plaster
German:
überziehen
— to cover with plaster
Ancient Greek:
κονιάω
(koniáō)
— to cover with plaster
Hungarian:
vakol
— to cover with plaster
Hungarian:
bevakol
— to cover with plaster
Irish:
plástráil
— to cover with plaster
Irish:
dóibeáil
— to cover with plaster
Māori:
whakapiri raima
— to cover with plaster
Paicî:
tämî
— to cover with plaster
Polish:
tynkować
— to cover with plaster
Portuguese:
engessar
— to cover with plaster
Romanian:
tencui
— to cover with plaster
Spanish:
estucar
— to cover with plaster
Spanish:
emplastar
— to cover with plaster
Spanish:
enyesar
— to cover with plaster
Ottoman Turkish:
آلچیلامق
(alçılamak)
— to cover with plaster
Irish:
plástráil
— to apply a plaster to
Ottoman Turkish:
آلچیلامق
(alçılamak)
— to apply a plaster to
German:
gipsen
— to smear with some viscous or liquid substance
Irish:
plástráil
— to smear with some viscous or liquid substance
Irish:
clúdaigh
— to smear with some viscous or liquid substance
Irish:
cumhdaigh
— to smear with some viscous or liquid substance
Danish:
klistre
— to cover up, as with plaster
Danish:
overklistre
— to cover up, as with plaster
Finnish:
peittää
— to cover up, as with plaster
Finnish:
tapetoida
— to cover up, as with plaster
Finnish:
teipata
— to cover up, as with plaster
French:
enduire
— to cover up, as with plaster
German:
überziehen
— to cover up, as with plaster
German:
überputzen
— to cover up, as with plaster
German:
übertünchen
— to cover up, as with plaster