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Definition of "plasterwork" [plas•ter•work]

  • Construction or ornamental work done with plaster. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "plasterwork" in a sentence
  • "According to the Daily Mail, the fitness coach Tony Strudwick caused damage to the plasterwork in a wall when he kicked out in anger after the team's defeat."
  • "It's no less fancy inside, with an ornately carved wooden staircase and plasterwork ceilings."
  • "Nothing jarring, simply a sense of chronic neglect—plasterwork left unrepaired, a spiderweb crack running jagged down one pane of window glass, drapes frayed and left to fade in the sun."