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Pflaster (from Middle High German phlaster ) is:

  • (originally) the external application of an active ingredient or a patch containing active ingredients, see medicinal plaster
  • Colloquially a ready-made combination of wound pad and adhesive plaster, the rapid wound dressing
  • Adhesive plaster, in medicine generally a textile adhesive tape for fixing purposes, see adhesive tape #Heftpflaster
  • Beauty plaster, see Mouche
  • Pavement, in road and path construction a floor covering, see paving (floor covering)
  • Bullet pavement , aids for loading muzzle-loading weapons


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Wiktionary: Patches  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations