plaster
noun
[ ˈplɑːstə ]
• a soft mixture of sand and cement and sometimes lime with water, for spreading on walls, ceilings, or other structures, to form a smooth hard surface when dried.
• "strip away the plaster to expose the bare brick"
• an adhesive strip of material for covering cuts and wounds.
• "waterproof plasters"
plaster
verb
• cover (a wall, ceiling, or other structure) with plaster.
• "the inside walls were plastered and painted"
Similar:
cover thickly,
smother,
spread,
smear,
cake,
coat,
daub,
bedaub,
overlay,
besmear,
• apply a plaster cast or medical plaster to (a part of the body).
• bomb or shell (a target) heavily.
• "are they expecting the air force to plaster the city tonight or what?"
Origin:
Old English, denoting a bandage spread with a curative substance, from medieval Latin plastrum (shortening of Latin emplastrum, from Greek emplastron ‘daub, salve’), later reinforced by the Old French noun plastre . Sense 1 dates from late Middle English.
