plaster of paris

Questions about plaster of paris

What is another word for plaster of paris?

It depends which plaster of paris you mean. In the sense “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”, the synonyms are plaster. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of plaster of paris?

WordNet records no antonym for plaster of paris. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for plaster of paris come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of plaster of paris

• Full entry for plaster of parisAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for plaster of parisWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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