plastering

indénombrable

A noun referring to the process or trade of applying plaster to walls, ceilings, or other surfaces in construction and decoration.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant le processus ou le métier consistant à appliquer du plâtre sur des murs, plafonds ou autres surfaces dans la construction et la finition.

1. Application of plaster B2 formal

   The process or trade of applying a mixture of lime, sand, and water to walls and ceilings to create a smooth surface.

   • The plastering of the new house took two weeks.
   • He learned plastering from his father, a skilled craftsman.
   • The old walls needed replastering to fix the cracks.

   🇫🇷Crépissage

   Synonymes: rendering

• plasterings plural form
• plasterings' possessive plural form
• plastering's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of covering a surface with a substance, or applying something thickly or extensively.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de recouvrir une surface d'un enduit ou d'une substance, ou d'appliquer quelque chose en couche épaisse ou étendue.

1. Apply a heavy coat to B2 formal

   To spread or apply a thick layer of a substance, such as plaster or paint, onto a surface.

   • The workers plastered the walls with a smooth layer of cement.
   • She plastered her face with a thick moisturizing cream.
   • He plastered the bread with butter and jam.

   🇫🇷enduire

   Synonymes: bedaubcoatcoverdauboverlayslathersmearspread

2. Cover conspicuously or thickly B2 informal

   To cover a surface completely and noticeably, often by pasting or sticking things onto it.

   • The teenager plastered her bedroom walls with posters of her favorite band.
   • They plastered the billboard with advertisements for the new movie.
   • The city was plastered with campaign posters before the election.

   🇫🇷recouvrir épais

   Synonymes: bedaubblanketcoatcoverdauboverlayslathersmearsmotherspread

3. Affix conspicuously B2 informal

   To attach or display something in a very visible or prominent way.

   • He plastered the notice on the front door for everyone to see.
   • The company plastered its logo all over the event banners.
   • She plastered the winning ticket on the fridge.

   🇫🇷Afficher de manière bien visible

   Synonymes: affixpastepostput upstick

4. Apply a plaster cast to B1 formal

   To put a hard protective covering made of plaster on a broken bone.

   • The doctor plastered his broken arm to keep it immobile.
   • After the accident, they plastered her leg for six weeks.
   • The nurse carefully plastered the fractured wrist.

   🇫🇷Plâtrer

   Synonymes: cast

5. Coat with plaster B1 formal

   To cover a wall or ceiling with a mixture of lime, sand, and water to create a smooth surface.

   • The builders plastered the new walls before painting them.
   • He spent the weekend plastering the ceiling in the living room.
   • They plastered the entire house to prepare it for decoration.

   🇫🇷enduire de plâtre

   Synonymes: pargetrenderstucco

6. Dress by covering with a therapeutic substance B2 formal

   To apply a medicinal or healing substance to a wound or injury, often covered with a bandage.

   • The nurse plastered the cut with antiseptic cream and a bandage.
   • He plastered the burn with a soothing ointment.
   • She carefully plastered the scrape on her knee with a healing gel.

   🇫🇷enduire d'une substance thérapeutique

   Synonymes: bandagedress

• plastered past participle
• plastered past simple
• plastering present participle
• plasters third person singular

Variantes phrasal: plaster over