PLASTERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plastering mean? 

• PLASTERING (noun)
  The noun PLASTERING has 1 sense:

1. the application of plaster

  Familiarity information: PLASTERING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLASTERING (noun)

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)