Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A layer or coating of plaster.
- n. Informal A resounding defeat; a beating.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act or operation of overlaying with plaster.
- n. The plaster-work of a building; a covering of plaster
- n. The treatment of wines by the addition of gypsum or plaster of Paris. See plaster, v., 5.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of plaster.
- n. The act or process of overlaying with plaster.
- n. A covering of plaster; plasterwork.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Same as plaster, n., 2.
- n. The act or process of overlaying with plaster.
- n. A covering of plaster; plasterwork.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the application of plaster
Examples
“Gary Mihoces, 2: 30 p.m. No safe haven: Patriots safety Rodney Harrison on his team's tight pass coverage: We call it plastering the receiver.”
“She calls the act of artistic vandalism "yarn bombing," adapting a term for plastering an area with graffiti tags.”
“The plastering was the most physically demanding and time consuming part of the entire construction project and I did at least ninety percent of the work solo.”
“The side wall, which has been less exposed to the elements, still retains the plastering, which is likewise found on the inner walls where it is quite smooth in places.”
“The new immigrants to America and Mexico did not have these elite skills, casting rather than modelling became the norm, and stucco became to mean any 'plastering' on the outside of buildings - which of course meant cement rather than gypsum plaster.”
“: The new immigrants to America and Mexico did not have these elite skills, casting rather than modelling became the norm, and stucco became to mean any 'plastering' on the outside of buildings - which of course meant cement rather than gypsum plaster.”
“He adopted a particular way of dressing his hair, "plastering" a part of it down in a kind of semi-circle over the forehead; and the new style "catching on" among young Parisians, the”
“The Jets' defensive backs are working on "plastering" themselves to receivers because Steelers quarterback”
“She explained the manner in which fossils are preserved, called "plastering," which is the process of putting a cast-like jacket that hardens over the specimens.”
“The rooms had a single coat of what was then called plastering, composed of frozen mud, and a very thin coating at that.”
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