plasterwork

ˈplæstərˌwɜrk

Definition

Definition of plasterwork - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

construction

Rare

hardened plaster surface on walls or ceilings

Rare

The old house had cracked plasterwork in every room.

plaster

render

stucco

art

Rare

artistic or decorative work done with plaster

Rare

The museum featured exquisite plasterwork from the Baroque period..

fresco

stucco

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Images of plasterwork

hardened plaster surface on walls or ceilings
artistic or decorative work done with plaster

Origin of plasterwork

Old English, plaster (paste) + work (activity)

Terms with plasterwork included in their meaning

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parget

ornamental

plasterwork with decorative patterns

pargeting

adj.

architecture

related to decorative plasterwork on walls

pargetry

architecture

decorative plasterwork on walls or ceilings

pargetting

decorative plaster

decorative plasterwork or technique used on walls or ceilings

scratchwork

plasterwork

first layer of plaster applied in construction

Examples of plasterwork in a sentence

Restoring the plasterwork took several weeks.
The ceiling's plasterwork was beautifully intricate.
Restoring the old plasterwork took months.

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French:enduit, œuvre en plâtre, ...
German:Stuckwerk, künstlerische Putzarbeit, ...
Italian:intonaco, lavoro in gesso, ...
Spanish:yeserías, trabajo de yeso, ...
Portuguese:estuque, arte em gesso, ...
Chinese:灰泥, 石膏艺术, ...
Japanese:漆喰, 装飾しっくい, ...
Arabic:أَعْمَال جِبْس, أَعْمَال الجِصّ, ...
Hebrew:טִיחַ, עֲבוֹדַת טִיחַ אֳמָנוּתִית, ...
Russian:штукатурка, декоративная штукатурка, ...
Ukrainian:штукатурка, декоративна штукатурка, ...
Hindi:प्लास्टरवर्क, सजावटी प्लास्टरवर्क, ...
Bengali:প্লাস্টার কাজ, শিল্পকর্ম প্লাস্টার, ...
Catalan:guix, treball de guix artístic, ...
Czech:omítka, štuková výzdoba, ...
Danish:pudsarbejde, kunstnerisk pudsarbejde, ...
Dutch:pleisterwerk, stucwerk, ...
Greek:σοβάς, καλλιτεχνικό σοβάτισμα, ...
Hungarian:vakolat, stukkómunka, ...
Khmer:ស្រទាប់បូកជញ្ជាំង, សិល្បៈម្នាងសិលា, ...
Korean:석고 작업, 석고 예술, ...
Persian:گچ‌کاری, کارهای گچی, ...
Polish:tynki, sztukateria, ...
Portuguese (BR):reboco, arte em gesso, ...
Romanian:tencuială, lucrări decorative din ghips, ...
Swedish:puts, gipskonst, ...
Thai:ปูนฉาบ, งานปูนปั้นศิลปะ, ...
Turkish:sıva işleri, alçı sanatı, ...
Vietnamese:lớp thạch cao, nghệ thuật trát vữa, ...

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Definition of plasterwork - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

Images of plasterwork

Origin of plasterwork

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Terms with plasterwork included in their meaning

Examples of plasterwork in a sentence

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