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plaster_of_Paris

plaster of Paris

English

Noun

plaster of Paris ‎(uncountable)

A hemihydrate of calcium sulfate, made by calcining gypsum, that hardens when moistened and allowed to dry; used to make casts, molds or sculpture

Synonyms

plaster (short form)

Translations

hemihydrate of calcium sulfate

Catalan: guix (ca) m
Danish: gips (da) c
Finnish: kipsi (fi), kipsilaasti
French: plâtre (fr) m
German: Stuckgips m
Greek: γύψος (el) m ‎(gýpsos)
Irish: plástar Pháras m
Korean: 소석고 ‎(soseokgo)
Malay: kapur paris, plaster paris

Norwegian:

Bokmål: gips m

Nynorsk: gips m
Portuguese: gesso de Paris m
Scots: stookie
Spanish: yeso blanco m
Swedish: gips (sv) n
Tagalog: eskayola
Thai: ปูนปลาสเตอร์ ‎(bpuun-bpláas-dtə̂ə)

External links

plaster of Paris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia