plaster
noun
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
plasterer
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a word derived from
plaster.
Example Sentences
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Lee, who is a plasterer and singer songwriter, performing as "soundstruggles", recalls there being all sorts in the water - even cars at the bottom - when the incident happened in the mid 90s.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
“Nobody had ever really heard of this place,” said Steve Jones, a plasterer who works on the local council.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
Draughtsman John Alexander Cameron, foreman plasterer George King and foreman William Begg are also listed in the note as well as plasterers John Hutchinson, Andrew S Law and William Hunter.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025
His father and mother, a plasterer and seamstress, respectively, were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2023
After the wall was up, the plasterer came, then the carpenter, finally the painter.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
