Mortar vs. Plaster

Mortar vs. Plaster — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Mortar and Plaster

Mortarnoun

(uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.

Plasternoun

(uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.

Mortarnoun

A muzzle-loading, indirect fire weapon with a tube length of 10 to 20 calibers and designed to lob shells at very steep trajectories.

Plasternoun

A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.

Mortarnoun

(countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.

Plasternoun

(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.

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Mortarverb

(transitive) To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.

Plasternoun

(countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; plaster cast.

Mortarverb

(transitive) To pound in a mortar.

Plasternoun

(uncountable) plaster of Paris.

Mortarverb

To fire a mortar (weapon).

Plasterverb

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

to plaster a wall
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Mortarnoun

a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range

Plasterverb

(transitive) To apply a plaster to.

to plaster a wound

Mortarnoun

used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall

Plasterverb

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

Her face was plastered with mud.

Mortarnoun

a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle

Plasterverb

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

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

Mortarverb

plaster with mortar;

mortar the wall

Plasterverb

To smooth over.

Plasternoun

a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings

Plasternoun

any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs

Plasternoun

a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.

Plasternoun

a hardened surface of plaster (as on a wall or ceiling);

there were cracks in the plaster

Plasternoun

adhesive tape used in dressing wounds

Plasterverb

cover conspicuously, as by pasting something on;

The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters

Plasterverb

affix conspicuously;

She plastered warnings all over the wall

Plasterverb

apply a plaster cast to;

plaster the broken arm

Plasterverb

apply a heavy coat to

Plasterverb

coat with plaster;

daub the wall

Plasterverb

dress by covering with a therapeutic substance