different between glaze vs plaster

English

Etymology

From Middle English glasen, from glas (“glass”) (Modern English glass), from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glas?. Related to glazen.

The noun is from the verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?z/
• Rhymes: -e?z

Noun

glaze (countable and uncountable, plural glazes)

1. (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).
2. A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
3. A smooth edible coating applied to food.
4. (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
5. Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
6. A glazing oven; glost oven.

Related terms

• glass

Translations

Verb

glaze (third-person singular simple present glazes, present participle glazing, simple past and past participle glazed)

1. (transitive) To install windows.
2. (transitive, ceramics, painting) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
3. (intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
4. (intransitive) For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.

Translations

References

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1]

Anagrams

• gazel

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??la?.z?/

Verb

glaze

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of glazen

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