plasterer

plasterer
plaster NOUN 1) a soft mixture of lime with sand or cement and water for spreading on walls and ceilings to form a smooth hard surface when dried. 2) (also plaster of Paris) a hard white substance made by adding water to powdered gypsum, used for setting broken bones and making sculptures and casts. 3) (also sticking plaster) an adhesive strip of material for covering cuts and wounds.
VERB 1) cover with plaster; apply plaster to. 2) coat thickly; daub. 3) make (hair) lie flat by applying liquid to it.
DERIVATIVES plasterer noun.
ORIGIN Latin plastrum, from Greek emplastron 'daub, salve' ; sense 2 of the noun derives from the fact that the gypsum originally came from Paris.

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  • Plasterer — Plas ter*er, n. 1. One who applies plaster or mortar. Thy father was a plasterer. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. One who makes plaster casts. The plasterer doth make his figures by addition. Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Plasterer — A Plasterer is a tradesman who works with plaster, such as forming a layer of plaster on an interior wall or plaster decorative moldings on ceilings or walls. The process of creating plasterwork, called plastering, has been used in building… …   Wikipedia

  • plasterer — UK [ˈplɑːstərə(r)] / US [ˈplæstərər] noun [countable] Word forms plasterer : singular plasterer plural plasterers someone whose job is to put plaster on walls or ceilings …   English dictionary

  • plasterer — [[t]plɑ͟ːstərə(r), plæ̱s [/t]] plasterers N COUNT A plasterer is a person whose job it is to cover walls and ceilings with plaster …   English dictionary

  • plasterer's radio — Adj. When likened to, meaning messy, disorderly, dirty, ugly. E.g. He had a face like a plasterer s radio. It was covered in spots …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • plasterer — noun see plaster II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • plasterer — See plaster. * * * …   Universalium

  • plasterer — noun A person whose occupation is to plaster walls …   Wiktionary

  • plasterer — plas|ter|er [ˈpla:stərə US ˈplæstərər] n BrE someone whose job is to cover walls and ceilings with ↑plaster …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • plasterer — plas|ter|er [ plæstərər ] noun count someone whose job is to put PLASTER on walls or ceilings …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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