Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A layer or coating of plaster.
- noun Informal A resounding defeat; a beating.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or operation of overlaying with plaster.
- noun The plaster-work of a building; a covering of plaster
- noun The treatment of wines by the addition of gypsum or plaster of Paris. See
plaster , v., 5.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
plaster , n., 2. - noun The act or process of overlaying with plaster.
- noun A covering of plaster; plasterwork.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
plaster . - noun The act or process of overlaying with
plaster . - noun A
covering ofplaster ;plasterwork .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the application of plaster
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Examples
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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.
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She calls the act of artistic vandalism "yarn bombing," adapting a term for plastering an area with graffiti tags.
NYT > Home Page By MALIA WOLLAN 2011
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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.
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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.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 Jesse Walter Fewkes 1890
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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.
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: 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.
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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
My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 Ernest Alfred Vizetelly 1887
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The Jets' defensive backs are working on "plastering" themselves to receivers because Steelers quarterback
NYT > Home Page By DAVE CALDWELL 2011
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The Jets' defensive backs are working on "plastering" themselves to receivers because Steelers quarterback
NYT > Home Page By DAVE CALDWELL 2011
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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.
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