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Plaster vs Platter - What's the difference?

plaster | platter |

As nouns the difference between plaster and platter

is that plaster is a bandage, a band-aid while platter is a tray for serving foods or platter can be one who plats/plaits or braids.

plaster

Alternative forms

* plaister * plastre (obsolete)

Noun

  • (uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
  • (countable, New Zealand, British) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
  • (uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
  • (countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; plaster cast.
  • (uncountable) plaster of Paris.
  • Derived terms

    * plasterboard * gypsum plaster * plaster cast * plaster lath * plaster and lath; lath and plaster

    See also

    * cement board * lath * gypsum board * gyprock * sheetrock * wallboard * drywall

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover or coat something with plaster, or apply a plaster.
  • Her face was plastered in mud.
  • To hide or cover up, as if with plaster.
  • The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.

    Derived terms

    * court-plaster * plasterboard * plastered * plasterer

    See also

    * drywall * sheetrock

    Anagrams

    * ----

    platter

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tray for serving foods.
  • * 1765 , Oliver Goldsmith,
  • While his lov'd partner boastful of her hoard,
    Displays the cleanly platter on the board;
  • The part of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests when being played, commonly made of aluminum, but sometimes of high-impact plastic.
  • See also
    * on a silver platter * silver platter

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who plats/plaits or braids.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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