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Meanings of sticking plaster in English

Portuguese
diaquilão
Catalan
tireta

Adhesive tape used in dressing wounds.

        diaquilão
        Synonyms
        Examples for "plaster"
        Examples for "plaster"
        1
        There were no signs of shelves in it; the plaster was smooth.
        Donal Grant
        2
        The plaster cast broke in two- Imustsay to my great satisfaction.
        Rock and Ice Magazine
        3
        Nobody but Vermeer could have done the plaster wall in the sunlight.
        Hillsboro People
        4
        Apply to floors and walls to create a gorgeous Venetian plaster effect.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Not only in the plaster, but through the lathing, the aperture extended.
        The Circular Staircase
        1
        Rest the chest by strapping with adhesive plaster as in pleurisy.
        Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
        2
        If you have no adhesive plaster, use a wide strip of cotton cloth.
        Camping For Boys
        3
        The adhesive plaster showed where the antenna had been put in.
        The Sirens of Titan
        4
        Fasten over the leak, a strong piece of adhesive plaster.
        Things Mother Used to Make / A Collection of Old Time Recipes, S...
        5
        She took from the table the roll of adhesive plaster.
        The Sirens of Titan
        Usage of sticking plaster in English
        1
        Please stop using Diana as a sticking plaster over your eco-warrior hypocrisy.
        The Guardian
        2
        At best it offers a flimsy sticking plaster on a gaping wound.
        The Guardian
        3
        With a few pieces of sticking plaster he drew its edges together.
        The Blazed Trail
        4
        Glue it together or mend it with a piece of sticking plaster?
        Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School / The Merry Doings of ...
        5
        The proposal, he says, amounts to a sticking plaster on a gaping wound.
        The Guardian
        6
        Shibo volunteered to go downstairs and get him some sticking plaster.
        Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story
        7
        The ruling Whigs were trying to heal an amputation with a sticking plaster.
        American empire: blood and iron
        8
        There has been a sticking plaster put on the problem, said one well-placed insider.
        The Guardian
        9
        Two days later Jeejeebuoy, still covered with sticking plaster but undaunted, left for Persia.
        The corfu trilogy
        10
        He had two strips of sticking plaster over his nose.
        Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John
        11
        The Tory manifesto pledges would only be a sticking plaster.
        The Guardian
        12
        Crisscross on his plump cheek was some black sticking plaster.
        Laughter in the dark
        13
        Plenty of athletes have arrived in the Russian capital seemingly held together with sticking plaster.
        Reuters
        14
        They are just left with bits of sticking plaster.
        The Guardian
        15
        And tell Miss Wallace to bring her sticking plaster.
        The Pirate of Panama: A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure
        16
        HE put some sticking plaster on his fingers, and his friends both came to dinner.
        A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories
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        Translations for sticking plaster
        Portuguese
        diaquilão
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