plaster cast
Americannoun
noun
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surgery a cast made of plaster of Paris See cast
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a copy or mould of a sculpture or other object cast in plaster of Paris
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of plaster cast
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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When Saint-Gaudens showed a plaster cast of it at the 1900 Paris Exposition, Auguste Rodin, then the most famous sculptor in Europe, stopped before it, removed his hat and stood in silent tribute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
A bad injury, and then photographs of him dancing in a nightclub with a plaster cast, saw the media turn on him.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023
In 1868 a plaster cast was made of the stone and deposited in the Smithsonian Institution.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2023
In 2011, the fragile appendages were hardened with an acetone-soluble glue so that they could be removed from the ground in a block of plaster cast.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2023
Johns has used the same plaster cast four times, which lends the faces a curious anonymity.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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