plaster

general term for a broad range of building and sculpture materials
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plaster

Summary

plaster ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,880 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • plaster is a type of architectural element[2].
  • plaster is a type of building material[3].
  • plaster is a type of coating[4].
  • plaster is used for plasterwork[5].
  • plaster's Commons category is recorded as Plaster[6].
  • plaster's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Plaster[7].
  • plaster's ISCO-88 occupation class is recorded as 7123[8].
  • plaster's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • plaster's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • plaster's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • plaster's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • plaster's has characteristic is recorded as hygroscopy[13].
  • plaster's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '漆喰'}[14].
  • plaster's name in kana is recorded as しっくい[15].
  • plaster's different from is recorded as abrasion[16].
  • plaster's different from is recorded as gypsum[17].
  • plaster's different from is recorded as gesso[18].
  • plaster's different from is recorded as intonaco[19].
  • plaster's different from is recorded as stucco[20].
  • plaster's different from is recorded as plaster construction[21].
  • plaster's revised Hepburn romanization is recorded as Shikkui[22].
  • plaster's associated hazard is recorded as plaster exposure[23].
  • plaster's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include architectural element[2], building material[3], and coating[4].

Use and Application

plaster is used for plasterwork[5].

Why It Matters

plaster ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,880 views/month).[1] plaster has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] plaster is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . The Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition). wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0007655-omitky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0007655-omitky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  2. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use plasterwork
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of architectural element, building material, coating
    Associated hazard plaster exposure
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553322105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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