plaster of paris

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymsplaster

   Broadercalcium sulphate

   Narrowergesso

Questions about plaster of paris

What does plaster of paris mean?

plaster of paris means "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".

What is another word for plaster of paris?

Close synonyms include plaster. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is plaster of paris a common word?

plaster of paris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.