different between wallboard vs plaster

English

Etymology

wall +? board

Noun

wallboard (countable and uncountable, plural wallboards)

1. A construction material of pre-made boards used for walls and ceilings, usually a gypsum core with a paper surface.
   • 1991, Kalton C. Lahue, Cheryl Smith, Interior Lighting (page 19)

     Hooks come with screws for use in plaster or wood and toggles for use in wallboard. One hook should be sufficient to swag a lamp from a ceiling outlet.

Synonyms

• Thesaurus:drywall

Hyponyms

• gypsum board
• gyprock
• plasterboard

Related terms

• cement board
• plaster
• gypsum plaster
• lath

Translations

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