plaster over

verb

plastered over; plastering over; plasters over
: to cover (something) with plaster
We plastered over the holes and cracks in the wall.

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The department is a ghost town now, tape plastered over the entrance. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026 Dudes gifted enough and clever enough to plaster over the cracks left by Sanders’ coaching staff. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025 Some lingered there for a while to take down any advertisements that were plastered over it. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026 Yellow strokes of plaster over a wall, speckled green vines, a sun splitting into pieces between twenty feet of waving bamboo. — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for plaster over

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“Plaster over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plaster%20over. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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