plasters 1 of 2

noun

plural of plaster
as in dressings
a medicated covering used to heal an injury put a plaster on the burn and don't touch it

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verb

present tense third-person singular of plaster
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as in nails

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as in dabs

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as in cannons

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Recent Examples of plasters
Noun
Rehydration tablets, antihistamines, hydrocortisone cream, plasters and bandages, painkillers and antacids, plus insect repellent and SPF are in Hammond’s suitcase. — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 6 July 2026 Mahmood said the company has already raised $175,000 for the project and that his team is building a series of plasters, Bloomberg reported. — Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025 Their technique also involves working with a variety of unexpected materials like plasters, metallic powders and even coffee powder. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025 Paige makes her own plasters, adding her own pigments to a marble plaster base. — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plasters
  1. dressings
  2. nails
  3. smears
  4. batters
  5. creams
  6. slathers
  7. bombs
  8. anoints
Noun
  • Machchhar, with one arm in a cast and medical dressings on his head, appears awake and smiling.
    — Tom Winter, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2026
  • These materials are everywhere, holding together packages, keeping labels on bottles, securing medical dressings, and positioning posters on many a bedroom wall.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of dressings
Verb
  • Anderson’s collaboration with this gifted young man nails the one thing that every great concert movie tries gift to those who could not be there for the original moment.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The film’s most heartbreaking scene sees Davidson’s character singing to his daughter over the phone before a deadly shootout ensues, and the actor nails it.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of nails
Verb
  • Darker smears around the crater’s rim contain surface rocks and lunar dust called regolith previously altered by solar winds, micrometeorites, and cosmic radiation over an extended period of time.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The atmosphere works on them a little bit harder and reduces their strength and smears them a little bit more.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of smears
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  • Pitchers committed 290 violations this season, batters 92 and catchers five.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • As the water is likely to demonstrate as Erin batters the coast, the islands face threats not only from the ocean, but also from the large bodies of water to the west, the Albemarle, Pamlico and Currituck Sounds.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Definition of batters
Noun
  • Expect a rich palette of creams, golds, seas of blues, and pops of burgundy nestled against dark wood furniture and an array of textured fabrics.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The Wall Street Journal reports that brands are now marketing retinol creams, neck moisturizers, red-light devices and other treatments specifically for tech-neck wrinkles.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of creams
Verb
  • At one point, Boyle literally slathers him in spurts of newspaper ink to literalize how much blood is on his hands.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The Iowa Specialty Crop Growers Association slathers its Strawberry Bliss in chocolate.
    — Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 9 July 2026
Definition of slathers
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  • The campus is eerily silent, even as Israel attacks Lebanon and the United States bombs Iran.
    — Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • The United States bombs Iran's nuclear facilities days later.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
Definition of bombs
Verb
  • God prepares a table for the speaker despite the presence of his enemies, anoints his head with oil, and fills his cup to overflowing.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Analysis from data and tactics writer Conor O’Neill Every World Cup anoints a breakout star, a previously unheralded player who is catapulted into the spotlight.
    — David Ornstein, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of anoints

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“Plasters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plasters. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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