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.
replaster
-
a word derived from
plaster.
Example Sentences
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“My dad,” Caligiuri said, “had to replaster it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
She wasn’t happy about the $2,000 expense to replace, replaster and repaint it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
After they leave, some residents wash or replaster their walls or build new rooms, Paaijmans’s team has found.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 8, 2022
The closet’s big, and he will replaster the ceiling.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 15, 2017
Every six months it is necessary to replaster the tomb.
From Travels in Morocco, Volume 1. by James Richardson
