Definition of plastering
1
: a coating of or as if of plaster
2
: a decisive defeat
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our team's most recent plastering is just plain sad
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Residents were told the process included sealing cracks in existing pavement - much like the plastering painters do to fill holes in walls before painting.
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Plus a structural steel guy, a plumber, a roofer, a plastering guy to do the stucco, and a woodworker who built the deck and the shower bench out of ipe, a durable type of Brazilian wood.
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At Waldo, some plastering and painting is slated for this summer, along with repairs to the school's front steps and some facade and roof work, said Craig Welter, a district architect.
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First Known Use of plastering
15th century
plastering Synonyms
Synonyms
beating, defeat, drubbing, licking, loss, lump, overthrow, rout, shellacking, trimming, trouncing, whipping;
Related Words
collapse, debacle (also débâcle), failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, nonsuccess, setback, upset;
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