Plastered With: Standard Pattern
Plastered With: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.
Use “plastered with” when a surface or object is completely or thickly covered with something.
Key details
Choose the right form
| Meaning / situation | Form / construction | Decision |
|---|---|---|
| surface or object is completely or thickly covered with something | be plastered with + noun | Use the documented covering construction. |
| separate informal meaning “extremely drunk” | plastered | Do not treat that separate adjective sense as part of the “covered with” pattern. |
Quick tests
Meaning / construction test
Does “plastered” mean that a surface or object is heavily covered by something?
If yes: Use “be plastered with.”
If no: If “plastered” has another sense, such as the separate informal adjective meaning extremely drunk, this construction guide does not govern it.
Examples
The wall was plastered with posters.
“Plastered with” expresses being thickly or completely covered.
The noticeboard was plastered with flyers.
The same construction marks a surface covered throughout.
Further guidance
Construction
Use “plastered with” when a surface or object is completely or thickly covered with something.
Style Boundary
Cambridge directly attests “be plastered with” in the cover-completely-or-thickly sense. This page does not use the separate informal adjective meaning “extremely drunk.”
Sources and evidence
Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.
- plaster — Cambridge English Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge Dictionary · Direct Cambridge dictionary evidence for “be plastered with” when a surface or object is completely or thickly covered with something.