plaster

Definition:
1. A mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings.
2. To cover a wall, etc. with plaster.

Use 'plaster' in a sentence:

• 1. The plaster had started to fall from the wall.
• 2. She was sitting in a hospital bed, her plastered leg up in the air.
• 3. He had a plaster cast on his leg.
• 4. The plaster on the wall of this house had peeled off through years of neglect.
• 5. And I need to put a plaster on it.
• 6. My hands, boots and trousers were plastered with mud.
• 7. The building was of greyish plaster and looked old.
• 8. Obviously the plaster's just perished and all fallen off.
• 9. The next day their picture was plastered all over the newspapers.
• 10. His leg was in a plaster cast.
• 11. To avoid extra expense and mess later on, try to decide on fittings before the plastering's finished.
• 12. His left arm is in plaster.
• 13. It had a high ceiling, ornamented with plaster fruits and flowers.
• 14. He's got his leg in a plaster cast.
• 15. I have to have it in plaster.
• 16. Once the plaster was dry there was no room for correction.
• 17. What they did was they made plaster casts from molds of the sculptures.
• 18. Ben has also been in the wars. He is still in plaster after breaking a leg.
• 19. Can you give me a plaster?
• 20. She broke her leg a month ago and it's still in plaster.
• 21. The bullet slammed into the ceiling, spraying them with bits of plaster.
• 22. She plastered herself in suntan lotion.
• 23. You'd fall through the plaster.
• 24. Then they plaster timber together with mud.
• 25. A flake of plaster from the ceiling fell into his eye, which became septic.
• 26. You can still see the diagonal marks of the ladders in the plaster on the inside walls.
• 27. A few years ago I broke my leg and had a plaster cast on up to my hip.
• 28. They were skeletons of strong criss-cross beams, with solid material between, coated with plaster.
• 29. It is clear, now that nineteenth-century paint and plaster have been removed, that the nave's lower buttresses date from the twelfth century.
• 30. His hair was plastered down to his scalp by the rain.
• 31. His picture was plastered all over the newspapers on the weekend.
• 32. There were huge cracks in the plaster, and the green shutters were faded.
• 33. Then they shipped these plaster casts to workshops all over the empire, where they were replicated in marble or bronze.
• 34. They plastered the city with posters condemning her election.
• 35. Almost all of the interior detail is of cast iron or plaster; the use of wood was minimized to insure fire safety.
• 36. The crack in the wall had been filled with plaster.
• 37. She plastered herself from head to toe in high factor sun lotion.
• 38. One of the kids was peeling plaster off the wall.
• 39. First, you need to strip away all the old plaster.
• 40. The ceiling he had just plastered fell in and knocked him off his ladder.
• 41. Plaster had fallen away in places, exposing the brickwork.
• 42. We were plastered from head to foot with mud.
• 43. It was made of plaster, hard and white and lifeless, bearing no resemblance to human flesh.
• 44. The plaster had started to come away from the wall.
• 45. She had plastered her bedroom wall with photos of him.
• 46. She had photos of him plastered all over her bedroom wall.
• 47. His wet hair was plastered to his head.
• 48. The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster.
• 49. The knee and ankle joints must be immobilized — this usually means up to six weeks in plaster.
• 50. They took a plaster cast of the teeth for identification purposes.