plaster 1 of 2

as in dressing
a medicated covering used to heal an injury put a plaster on the burn and don't touch it

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verb

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Noun
Many were cast soon after the largest Michelangelo exhibition at the time took place in Florence in 1875 to mark the 400th anniversary of his birth, and featured a mix of original sculptures and new plaster duplicates, Wivel said. Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025 That meant painting all the millwork that Pennoyer had designed—including fluted plaster wainscoting—in Benjamin Moore’s creamy White Chocolate. Andrew Sessa, Architectural Digest, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
The event poster, which plasters bold yellow lettering across a black and white picture of the singer, reveals addition appearances from Kelly Lee Owens, the Dare, the Japanese House, Jodie Harsh, and YSEULT. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2025 Late in the second, Jack McBain plastered Rinzel into the end wall — welcome to the NHL, kid. Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for plaster
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Noun
  • This pasta salad has the tangy dressing, crunchy croutons, and yes, still some lettuce, all bound together with penne pasta for a winning twist on the classic. Get the recipe 09 of 21 Broccoli, Grape, and Pasta Salad Two Southern favorites collide in one out-of-this-world pasta salad.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Their kids also embraced traditional dressing for the temple visit.
    WWD Staff, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Drape a denim jacket over top to nail that cool-girl look.
    Michelle Rostamian, People.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Yet what this film really nails is the battalion camaraderie that goes beyond spending hours, days, weeks with the same folks and flips into something else entirely once shots are fired.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In one group of anoles, the researchers daubed the reptiles’ snouts and heads (avoiding the nostrils) with a thin layer of emollient to prevent air bubbles from adhering to the anoles’ heads.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Their victorious players meander over, gathering in front of a chainlink fence draped with handmade banners daubed in the dark green and deep burgundy of Mohun Bagan, India’s great footballing powerhouse.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • His 79th-minute header from Andy Robertson’s free kick beat goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma but cannoned off the upright and across the face of the goal with no Liverpool player able to follow up, and the Premier League leaders ended up losing the last-16 tie in a penalty shootout.
    Andy Jones, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Mousley vividly remembers his first Villa memory, describing the Paul Scholes’ volley that cannoned off the underside of the crossbar and into the net.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The shrimp are coated in garlic cream and bourbon-butter sauce, with the orzo providing an ideal base to capture these flavors.
    Nasha Smith, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Jesse's asparagus and endive salad with the Comté cream.
    Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • They were usually surrounded by toddlers, soiling their pull-ups while smeared with frosting.
    Dan Ewen, Deadline, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Coogler opens with traumatized sharecropper Sammie (impressive newcomer Miles Caton), smeared with blood and fresh claw marks gouged into the side of his face, staggering mid-service into the church where his father preaches, clutching his guitar.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Norfolk Island and Cocos Island A number of other Australian territories were barraged with tariffs, including Norfolk Island with a population of nearly 2,000 people; Cocos Island, with a population of just 544, and Christmas Island which is populated by 1,692 people.
    Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Just as often as not, what results from this impulse to lightly fictionalize a recent news story is an overly straightforward telling of the same facts we’ve been barraged with already.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In 1260, Vincent of Beauvais gave instructions to travelers to use poultices (a dressing for wounds) made of oil, plants and quicksilver (mercury) to prevent and manage blisters — an all too frequent ailment experienced by pilgrims walking long distances.
    Megan Cassidy-Welch, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Other standout treatments include the Alpine Muscle Relief massage, which helps weary bodies recover after an exerting day, and the Spirit of the Mountains, which incorporates massage and a warm herbal poultice of lemongrass, kaffir lime and sweet basil.
    Linnea Covington, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025

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