PLASTER OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plaster over mean? 

• PLASTER OVER (verb)
  The verb PLASTER OVER has 1 sense:

1. apply a heavy coat to

  Familiarity information: PLASTER OVER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLASTER OVER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Apply a heavy coat to

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

plaster; plaster over; stick on

Hypernyms (to "plaster over" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

 Context examples 

They had kept him in the house without the girl’s knowledge, and the plaster over the face had been for the purpose of making recognition difficult in case she should ever catch a glimpse of him.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)