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Meaning of "plastery" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PLASTERY

ˈplɑːstərɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLASTERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plastery is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PLASTERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of plastery in the English dictionary

The definition of plastery in the dictionary is similar to plaster in colour, texture etc.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLASTERY

allostery · bistoury · blistery · blustery · castory · clustery · consistory · herstory · history · mastery · monastery · mystery · phrontistery · prehistory · protohistory · psychohistory · self-mastery · upholstery · wastery · whoremastery

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLASTERY

plaster · plaster cast · plaster of Paris · plasterboard · plastered · plasterer · plasteriness · plastering · plasterwork · plastic · plastic bag · plastic bomb · plastic bullet · plastic explosive · plastic foam · plastic money · plastic Paddy · plastic police · plastic surgeon · plastic surgery

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLASTERY

adultery · artery · baptistery · battery · buttery · cemetery · coronary artery · dicastery · eatery · flattery · glittery · huckstery · lottery · magistery · murder mystery · phalanstery · poetastery · pottery · slaistery · watery

Synonyms and antonyms of plastery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «plastery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLASTERY

Find out the translation of plastery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of plastery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plastery» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

plastery
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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plastery
570 millions of speakers
en

English

plastery
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

plastery
380 millions of speakers
ar

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plastery
280 millions of speakers
ru

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plastery
278 millions of speakers
pt

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plastery
270 millions of speakers
bn

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plastery
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

plâtreux
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Plastery
190 millions of speakers
de

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plastery
180 millions of speakers
ja

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plastery
130 millions of speakers
ko

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plastery
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Plastery
85 millions of speakers
vi

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plastery
80 millions of speakers
ta

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plastery
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मलमपट्टी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

alçılı
70 millions of speakers
it

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plastery
65 millions of speakers
pl

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plastery
50 millions of speakers
uk

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plastery
40 millions of speakers
ro

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plastery
30 millions of speakers
el

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γύψινα
15 millions of speakers
af

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plastery
14 millions of speakers
sv

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plastery
10 millions of speakers
no

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plastery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plastery

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLASTERY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of plastery
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «plastery».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plastery

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLASTERY»

Discover the use of plastery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plastery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Motya: Field work and excavation
Hard grey brown flecked and plastery (robbed) 1. Plastery tip 2. Sandy brown earth 3. Dark grey soil 4. Grey clay and brown earth: above XVIII- plastery streaks over sand 5. Brown sandy streaks and plastery 6. Sticky grey-green clay 7.
Benedikt S. J. Isserlin, Joan Du Plat Taylor, 1974
2
The Chemical Gazette, Or, Journal of Practical Chemistry, in ...
If a solution of pure bile in a considerable quantity of water is mixed with diluted solution of diacetate of lead, so that the liquid always remains alkaline, warmed and shaken, a tenacious plastery precipitate is obtained ; the supernatant liquid is ...
‎1844
3
The Philology of the English Tongue
Vanity Fair. plastery, rubbishy. ' St. Peter's disappoints me ; the stone of which it is made is a poor plastery material ; and indeed Rome in general might be called a rubbishy place.' — Arthur H. Clough. Pretty is from the same French word as ...
John Earle, 1873
4
The London Lancet: A Journal of British and Foreign ...
Sometimes albuminous, and occasionally cretaceous matters are found intermixed, in some instances even in large quantity, as much as half a pound of plastery stuff having been met with in a cyst of this kind." (p. 676.) The italics are our own, ...
‎1857
5
Animal chemistry with reference to the physiology and ...
In either case we add a solution of basic acetate of lead, which throws down a flocculent precipitate which soon collects into a soft, tenacious, plastery mass. The salt of lead must be decomposed by carbonate of soda, and the soda-salt in its ...
Johann Franz Simon, George Edward Day, 1845
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The Chemical Gazette
If a solution of pure bile in a considerable quantity of water is mixed with diluted solution of diacetate of lead, so that the liquid always remains alkaline, warmed and shaken, a tenacious plastery precipitate is obtained ; the supernatant liquid is ...
‎1844
7
Animal chemistry: with reference to the physiology and ...
In either case we add a solution of basic acetate of lead, which throws down a flocculent precipitate which soon collects into a soft, tenacious, plastery mass. The salt of lead must be decomposed by carbonate of soda, and the soda-salt in its ...
Johann Franz Simon, 1846
8
Basque-English Dictionary
Cf. kisutegi. kisutsu adj. limy, calcareous; plastery. kisutu v.i. to convert into lime. v.t. to plaster, to whitewash. kisuzko adj. limy; plastery. kisuztadura n. whitewashing. kisuztaldi n. whitewashing. kisuztatu v.t. to whitewash; to sprinkle lime.
Gorka Aulestia, 1989
9
Politics, Religion, and Love: The Story of H.H. Asquith, ...
He was "too green and plastery," he wrote, and not strong enough for such a difficult assignment. "It is not true patriotism," Montagu wrote: ... to attempt tasks for which you are not fitted. I do not lack conceit or self-confidence, I do think I am of ...
Naomi B. Levine, 1991
10
Chemical Gazette: Or, Journal of Practical Chemistry, in All ...
If a solution of pure bile in a considerable quantity of water is mixed with diluted solution of diacetate of lead, so that the liquid always remains alkaline, warmed and shaken, a tenacious plastery precipitate is obtained; the supernatant liquid is  ...
William Francis, Henry Croft, 1844

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLASTERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plastery is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Jokey Tweet Outrages Right-Wing Christians Because of Course It …
Mary's icy/plastery glare was meant to remind the men of the house to put the toilet seat down. And it worked! Anyway... after lighting a candle ... «TheStranger.com, Mar 15»
2
Paradise lost? The enduring legacy of a Soviet-era utopian workers …
The permanent monuments include a faintly cheap-looking, plastery Lenin and the first truck produced here mounted on a plinth of concrete ... «The Calvert Journal, Dec 14»
3
Making a life with the lifelike in the Treasure Valley
On one shelf, heads fresh from their molds sit white and plastery. "When it's all the white heads, it's really scary for the children," she said. «The Idaho Statesman, Sep 14»
4
Fallout 3's Megaton is one of the better crappy post-apocalypse …
... Megaton than hiding from the world inside the vault, choking down plastery Soylent paste, and pretending the world outside is a bad dream. «A.V. Club Denver/Boulder, Sep 14»
5
In search of the ur-quiz
There were corners for puzzles, quizzes, cycle clues, comics, plastery, and so on, in great variety.” But it seems like the Quiz did not become ... «Columbia Journalism Review, Mar 14»
6
A Wonderful, Wilde Mess by the Shakespeare Theatre
Vanessa Morosco's Gwendolen felt rather one-dimensional—but this plastery effect could very well have been on purpose, considering the ... «The American Conservative, Jan 14»
7
From medical examiner to 'Wall Doctor,' a winding path into the …
"And there's this other, like, plastery-type stuff, and you peel that off and stick it over the disk," Veronica Lane, aka "the Wall Nurse," says, ... «Newsworks.org, Jan 14»
8
Readers' hotel horror stories
The wet, plastery substance that fell from the roof would have landed on the bed except for the fact that the ceiling fan was spinning, which ... «Toronto Sun, Jan 12»
9
Dancing About Architecture: A Dictionary of Audio Terms
Holt's audio glossary for instance, includes terms as wacky and esoteric as “Plastery – A hard-sounding reverberation having an “a” (as in “cat”) ... «SonicScoop, Aug 11»
10
Introducing Duffy & Daughters Ltd
"Lauren does painting, decorating, brickwork, and plastery. Kelly has taken time off because she's had a baby but her speciality is restoring ... «Independent, Feb 11»
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