STICKING PLASTER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Adhesive tape used in dressing wounds

Synonyms:

adhesive plaster; plaster; sticking plaster

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sticking plaster" is a kind of...):

adhesive tape (tape coated with adhesive)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sticking plaster"):

court plaster (a plaster composed of isinglass on silk; formerly used to dress superficial wounds)

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