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plaster

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Sense 1 noun

a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings

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Sense 2 verb

apply a heavy coat to

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Sense 3 noun

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

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Sense 4 verb

cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on

The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters

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Sense 5 noun

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.

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Sense 6 verb

affix conspicuously

She plastered warnings all over the wall

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Sense 7 noun

a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)

there were cracks in the plaster

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Sense 8 verb

apply a plaster cast to

plaster the broken arm

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Sense 9 noun

adhesive tape used in dressing wounds

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Sense 10 verb

coat with plaster

daub the wall

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Sense 11 verb

dress by covering with a therapeutic substance

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SenseRelationGroupWord
1 derivation Related & opposite daub
1 derivation Related & opposite plaster
1 hypernym Types & categories mixture
1 hypernym Types & categories covering material
1 hyponym Types & categories finish coat
1 hyponym Types & categories grout
1 hyponym Types & categories pargeting
1 hyponym Types & categories roughcast
1 hyponym Types & categories spackle
1 hyponym Types & categories stucco
2 derivation Related & opposite plastering
2 hypernym Types & categories cover
3 derivation Related & opposite plaster
3 substance meronym Parts & wholes gypsum
3 hypernym Types & categories calcium sulphate
3 hyponym Types & categories gesso
4 verb group Related & opposite plaster
4 hypernym Types & categories cover
5 derivation Related & opposite poultice
5 hypernym Types & categories medical dressing
5 hyponym Types & categories mustard plaster
6 verb group Related & opposite beplaster
6 hypernym Types & categories affix
7 derivation Related & opposite daub
7 hypernym Types & categories surface
7 hyponym Types & categories pargetry
8 derivation Related & opposite plastering
8 derivation Related & opposite plaster
8 derivation Related & opposite plaster of Paris
8 hypernym Types & categories cover
9 hypernym Types & categories adhesive tape
9 hyponym Types & categories court plaster
10 derivation Related & opposite plastering
10 derivation Related & opposite plasterwork
10 derivation Related & opposite plasterer
10 derivation Related & opposite daub
10 derivation Related & opposite plaster
10 domain topic Related & opposite masonry
10 verb group Related & opposite daub
10 hypernym Types & categories coat
10 hyponym Types & categories render-set
10 hyponym Types & categories parget
10 hyponym Types & categories roughcast
10 hyponym Types & categories mud
10 hyponym Types & categories mortar
11 derivation Related & opposite plastering
11 derivation Related & opposite poultice
11 domain topic Related & opposite practice of medicine
11 hypernym Types & categories dress