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PLASTERING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does plastering mean?
• PLASTERING (noun)
The noun PLASTERING has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: PLASTERING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The application of plaster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
daubing; plastering
Hypernyms ("plastering" is a kind of...):
application; coating; covering (the work of applying something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plastering"):
pargeting; pargetting (ornamental plastering)
Derivation:
plaster (dress by covering with a therapeutic substance)
plaster (coat with plaster)
plaster (apply a heavy coat to)
plaster (apply a plaster cast to)
Context examples
But the cost of plastering might prevent poor families from acting on this advice.
(Smoother walls healthier for lungs, SciDev.Net)
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