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UK
/plˈɑːstəwˌɜːk/
]
[ US /ˈpɫæstɝˌwɝk/ ]
[ US /ˈpɫæstɝˌwɝk/ ]
NOUN
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a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
there were cracks in the plaster
How To Use plasterwork In A Sentence
- Period features throughout include marble fireplaces and decorative plasterwork. Times, Sunday Times
- Originally, the small church was equipped by elaborate vaulting and plasterwork, and the pavement was covered by tiles.
- Features include mouldings, polished timber floors, high ceilings and decorative plasterwork.
- Decorated in pale green, it has decorative ceiling plasterwork, a white marble fireplace and French doors to the back garden.
- The interior teems with antiquity: ornate plasterwork, a huge inglenook, stained glass, elaborate panelling and a plank and muntin screen. Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | guardian.co.uk
- Leave that ratty plasterwork to get rattier. Times, Sunday Times
- A stroll through the California State Capitol (10th and L Streets; 916-324-0333; www. capitolmuseum.ca.gov) - a neo-Classical confection of Corinthian and other classic columns, parget plasterwork and mosaic floors - makes everything feel like it's in grand order. NYT > Home Page
- The decorative plasterwork bubbled and decayed; ceilings were held up by scaffolding. Times, Sunday Times
- Both have polished floorboards, original cast iron fireplaces with tiled insets and ornate period plasterwork.
- One Russian businessman even ordered an exact copy of a room at the palace of Versailles for his house in Knightsbridge, complete with identical cornices and plasterwork, as well as real gold leaf and plating.