Meanings
plural plaster casts
- A copy of a piece of art or other object cast in plaster.
The police got a plaster cast of the suspect's footprint.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cast made of a stiff material (often plaster of Paris and gauze) in order to immobilize a broken bone for the period of healing.
More synonyms by meaning
nounbandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans gips, gipsafdruk
- gipshealing aid
- gipsafdrukcopy
Catalan guix
- guixhealing aid
Czech sádrový odlitek
- sádrový odlitekcopy
Danish gipsbandage
- gipsbandagehealing aid
Finnish kipsi, kipsivalos
- kipsihealing aid
- kipsivaloscopy
- valoscopy
German Gips, Gipsverband
- Gipshealing aid
- Gipsverbandhealing aid
- Abgußcopy
- Gipsabgußcopy
- Gipsabdruckcopy
Hungarian gipsz, gipszkötés
- gipszhealing aid
- gipszkötéshealing aid
- öntvénycopy
- gipszöntvénycopy
Italian ingessatura
- ingessaturahealing aid
Māori pāpāuku
- pāpāukuhealing aid
Norwegian Bokmål gipsbandasje
- gipsbandasjehealing aid
Polish gips
- gipshealing aid
Portuguese gesso
- gessohealing aid
Russian гипсовая повя́зка
- гипсовая повя́зка (gipsovaja povjázka)healing aid
Spanish yeso
- yesohealing aid
Swedish gipsförband
- gipsförbandhealing aid
Cite this entry
plaster cast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plaster%20cast
“plaster cast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plaster%20cast. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plaster cast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plaster%20cast.
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