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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaster/#m1)

2) Plaster is a paste that goes hard when dry, used to make walls and ceilings smooth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaster/#m2)

3) A plaster cast is a hard cover put around a broken arm or leg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaster/#m3)

4) To plaster something is to cover it thickly: plastered with mud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaster/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaster/#x1)
- Wash the cut before you put on a plaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaster/#x2)
- The builder smoothed plaster on the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaster/#x3)
- Her broken arm was in plaster for six weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaster/#x4)
- We made a plaster model of a volcano. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaster/#x5)
- My boots were plastered with mud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaster/#x6)
- Can I have a plaster? I cut my finger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaster/#x7)
- The posters were plastered all over the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaster/#x8)
- A few minutes after, a Bricklayer passed by, carrying a pail full of plaster on his shoulder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaster/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/354-skin-fingerprints-scabs-scars-bruises-and-blisters/2/)
- [Badger gives them dry clothes and slippers, washes Mole's cut leg and puts a plaster on it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger/4/)
- [A scab is the body's own plaster: it protects the new skin underneath, so it is best to leave it alone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/83-doctors-cuts-and-grazes/2/)
- [Tell a grown-up early about a blister and cover it with a plaster or blister pad before it becomes an open sore.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/230-hiking-and-camping/8/)
- [She takes a breath, puts on a band-aid (a plaster) and hugs him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest/30/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «plaster» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plaster/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.