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.
plastery
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a word derived from
plaster.
Example Sentences
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Each of Ms. Dyson’s three white-on-gray paintings is 6 feet wide by 8 feet tall and dominated by a subtle circular pattern applied with plastery strokes of a palette knife.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2017
On one shelf, heads fresh from their molds sit white and plastery.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 4, 2014
He took me around quite a bit, and was nice enough, only I couldn't lose him—you know that kind, Jim, always saying tiresome, plastery sort of things.
From The Black Creek Stopping-House by Nellie L. McClung
We carry thick planks, two by two; and then piles of sacks which blind the bearers with a plastery dust and make them reel like masts.
From Light by Fitzwater Wray
His broad back was seen, followed by Jimmy, to plunge down the plastery corridors, to pass under the 300 scaffoldings.
From The Bill-Toppers by J. André Castaigne
