plaster cast
noun
1
: a sculptor's model in plaster of paris
2
: a rigid dressing of gauze impregnated with plaster of paris
Examples of plaster cast in a Sentence
She had a plaster cast on her leg.
The mask was made from a plaster cast of his face.
Recent Examples on the Web
On a smaller adjacent table rest objects the college-girl artist may have been assigned to draw: plaster casts of two hands crossed, a winding length of rope.
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Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
Another group of researchers obtained DNA from two skeletons at the site in 2022, but this is the first time scientists have managed to retrieve genetic material from remains preserved by plaster casts.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 7 Nov. 2024
For his bag design, the botanical artist created a plaster cast by imprinting soil with plants and wire mesh.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 10 Oct. 2024
Nearly 50-year-old plaster casts of artist Nancy Youdelman’s hands, feet and face emerge from a grave of soil and heaps of white daisies, chrysanthemums, baby’s breath and stock that will dry over time.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2024
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Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
Another group of researchers obtained DNA from two skeletons at the site in 2022, but this is the first time scientists have managed to retrieve genetic material from remains preserved by plaster casts.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 7 Nov. 2024
For his bag design, the botanical artist created a plaster cast by imprinting soil with plants and wire mesh.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 10 Oct. 2024
Nearly 50-year-old plaster casts of artist Nancy Youdelman’s hands, feet and face emerge from a grave of soil and heaps of white daisies, chrysanthemums, baby’s breath and stock that will dry over time.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2024
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“Plaster cast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plaster%20cast. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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