different between enamel vs plaster

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??næm?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??næm?l/
• Rhymes: -æm?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English enamel, from Anglo-Norman enamailler, from en- (“in-”) + amailler (“to enamel”), variant of Old French esmailler (“to enamel”), from esmal (“enamel”), from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smaltijan? (“to smelt”). Compare German schmelzen, Danish smelte (“to melt”).

Noun

enamel (countable and uncountable, plural enamels)

1. An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
2. A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
3. The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
4. A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English enamelen, from the noun (see above).

Verb

enamel (third-person singular simple present enamels, present participle (US) enameling or (UK) enamelling, simple past and past participle (US) enameled or (UK) enamelled)

1. (transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.
2. (transitive) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
3. (transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.

4. (transitive) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

Derived terms

• enamelware
• porcelain enamel
• vitreous enamel

Translations

Anagrams

• Leeman, Manele, Melena, manele, melena

English

Alternative forms

• plaister
• plastre (obsolete)

Etymology

Old English plaster, from late Latin plastrum, shortened from Classical Latin emplastrum (“a plaster, bandage”); later reinforced by Anglo-Norman plastre.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, Geordie) IPA^(key): /?pl??st?/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /?plast?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?plæst?/
• Rhymes: -??st?(?), -æst?(?)

Noun

plaster (countable and uncountable, plural plasters)

1. (uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
2. (countable, Britain, New Zealand, Canada) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
3. (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; render, stucco.
4. (countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; plaster cast.
5. (uncountable) plaster of Paris.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

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

Verb

plaster (third-person singular simple present plasters, present participle plastering, simple past and past participle plastered)

1. (transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.

   to plaster a wall

2. (transitive) To apply a plaster to.

   to plaster a wound

3. (transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.

   Her face was plastered with mud.

4. (transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.

   The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.

5. (transitive, figuratively) To smooth over.

Derived terms

• court plaster
• plasterboard
• plastered
• plasterer

Translations

See also

• drywall
• sheetrock

Anagrams

• Alperts, Platers, palster, palters, persalt, plastre, platers, psalter, replats, stapler

Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse plástr, from Medieval Latin plastrum, from Latin emplastrum.

Noun

plaster n (singular definite plastret or plasteret, plural indefinite plastre)

1. band-aid, plaster or sticking plaster

Inflection

See also

• bandage

Polish

Etymology

From German Pflaster, from Old High German pflastar, from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (émplastron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pla.st?r/

Noun

plaster m inan (diminutive plasterek)

1. plaster, sticking plaster, band-aid

   Synonym: przylepiec

2. slice (thin, broad piece cut off from a whole)
3. comb, honeycomb

Declension

Further reading

• plaster in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• plaster in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

plaster

1. indefinite plural of plast

Anagrams

• platser, spalter