plaster

«plaster» in Mova's school dictionary: In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, a plaster… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (plaster, uncountable; a plaster, plasters); verb (plaster, plasters, plastered, plastering)

meaning for a pupil

1) In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, a plaster is a small sticky strip you put over a cut, called a Band-Aid in the USA and Canada. tree →

2) Plaster is a paste that goes hard when dry, used to make walls and ceilings smooth. tree →

3) A plaster cast is a hard cover put around a broken arm or leg. tree →

4) To plaster something is to cover it thickly: plastered with mud. tree →

sense in the lessons

In first-aid lessons: clean a small cut, then put on a plaster to keep germs out; tell an adult about big cuts. In building and art: plaster of Paris is used for models and casts. Phrases: put on a plaster, plaster cast, in plaster, plastered with.

examples

• I fell over and Mum put a plaster on my knee. tree →
• Wash the cut before you put on a plaster. tree →
• The builder smoothed plaster on the wall. tree →
• Her broken arm was in plaster for six weeks. tree →
• We made a plaster model of a volcano. tree →
• My boots were plastered with mud. tree →
• Can I have a plaster? I cut my finger. tree →
• The posters were plastered all over the wall. tree →
• A few minutes after, a Bricklayer passed by, carrying a pail full of plaster on his shoulder. tree →

note

A plaster for cuts is countable; the building material is uncountable. Americans say Band-Aid or bandage; a bandage in British English is a long strip of cloth, not a sticky plaster. Plaster sets hard as it dries.

In the corpora

• When you graze your knee, blood dries into a scab that seals the gap like a plaster while new skin grows underneath.
• Badger gives them dry clothes and slippers, washes Mole's cut leg and puts a plaster on it.
• A scab is the body's own plaster: it protects the new skin underneath, so it is best to leave it alone.
• Tell a grown-up early about a blister and cover it with a plaster or blister pad before it becomes an open sore.
• She takes a breath, puts on a band-aid (a plaster) and hugs him.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «plaster» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.