Plaster
Meaning of Plaster
A paste that hardens on walls; a sticking bandage (British).
ما معنى كلمة Plaster بالعربي؟
مادة البناء
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Plaster in a sentence
Plaster casts were used to model the bone-fracture study.
A plaster firm won the renovation contract.
Plaster finishes are described in the building specification.
Students put a plaster on a model wound in first aid.
Origin of Plaster
From Old English plaster, from Latin emplastrum 'medical dressing'.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, plaster has building and bandage senses. GL first-aid kits include plasters.
Plaster audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "Plaster" — noun, pronounced /ˈplɑːstə/, with the stress on "plas".
Narrator: A plaster is a soft paste of lime or gypsum, sand and water that is spread on walls and ceilings and dries to a smooth, hard surface; in British English it also means a small adhesive dressing for a cut.
Narrator: In plain English, it is the stuff you smooth onto a wall to make it flat, or the little sticky strip you put over a graze.
Narrator: It travels from the Greek emplastron, something moulded on, through Latin emplastrum into Old English, keeping that sense of a soft layer applied to a surface.
Narrator: A common collocation is "plaster of Paris", the quick-setting gypsum plaster used for casts and moulds.
Narrator: It differs from cement, because cement is a binding agent for tough structural work, while plaster is a fine finishing coat meant to be seen.
Narrator: Figuratively, we speak of a "sticking plaster solution", a quick fix that hides a problem rather than curing it.
Narrator: Builders, decorators, sculptors, conservators, orthopaedic nurses and first aiders all rely on the word daily.
Narrator: So remember: plaster is the smooth layer you spread on to cover, to finish, or to heal.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: Why does one little word cover both my living room walls and my cut thumb?
Speaker B: Because PLASTER comes from the Greek emplastron, meaning something moulded onto a surface, so a wall coating and a wound dressing are the same idea in two sizes.
Speaker A: So the link is really the act of applying a layer?
Speaker B: Exactly that, and it works as a verb too, since you can plaster a ceiling or plaster posters across a wall.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The plasterer skimmed the wall with a thin coat of plaster," meaning a fine finishing layer. "Put a plaster on that graze before you go out," meaning a small sticky dressing. "His leg was set in plaster for six weeks," meaning a rigid cast.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Do not confuse plaster with plasterboard or with American usage, where a wound plaster is called a Band-Aid and plaster mostly means the wall material.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Render is the rough outdoor cousin, stucco is its decorative twin, and dressing is the tidy medical alternative, yet plaster keeps its homely, hands-on charm!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "plaster" in AI prompts — useful for building a trade-services booking app and for writing clear first-aid guidance in a health app.
Speaker A: How would it apply to the booking app?
Speaker B: Ask the model to model the service catalogue around it.
Prompt: Design a database schema for a decorating booking app with a service type called plaster, including fields for room area, number of coats, drying time and price per square metre.
Speaker A: And for the health app?
Speaker B: Have it write the user-facing copy.
Prompt: Write three short in-app first-aid cards in British English explaining when to apply a plaster to a minor cut and when to seek medical help instead.
Speaker A: Could it help with support content?
Speaker B: Yes, ask for a troubleshooting article.
Prompt: Draft a help-centre article for a DIY platform titled How to patch cracked plaster, with a tools list, six numbered steps and a safety note.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Let's test the search behaviour.
Prompt: Write unit tests for a search function to confirm that the query plaster returns both wall-finishing products and adhesive wound dressings, ranked by category relevance.
Frequently asked questions about Plaster
What does Plaster mean?
A paste that hardens on walls; a sticking bandage (British).
ما معنى كلمة Plaster بالعربي؟
مادة البناء — 🧱🔧 مادة البناء اللزجة التي تجف وتصلب؛ خليط إسمنتي يُغطي الجدران لحمايتها؛ طبقة واقية تُجمل المباني وتحفظها من العوامل الجوية 🔧🏠
How do you pronounce Plaster?
Plaster is pronounced /ˈplɑːstə/ and is used as a noun / verb.
How is Plaster used in a sentence?
Plaster casts were used to model the bone-fracture study.
What are synonyms of Plaster?
render, stucco, bandage, sticking plaster, coat, cover.