Mortar vs. Plaster
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.
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 wallMortarnoun
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 woundMortarnoun
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 wallPlasterverb
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 plasterPlasternoun
adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
Plasterverb
cover conspicuously, as by pasting something on;
The demonstrators plastered the hallways with postersPlasterverb
affix conspicuously;
She plastered warnings all over the wallPlasterverb
apply a plaster cast to;
plaster the broken armPlasterverb
apply a heavy coat to
Plasterverb
coat with plaster;
daub the wallPlasterverb
dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
