Also means
pavement
Usage Note
Pflaster is a sticking plaster or band-aid; the plural is unchanged. From Latin emplastrum, the same word also means road paving, as in Kopfsteinpflaster (cobblestones), distinguished only by context.
Examples
"Sie klebte ein Pflaster auf die kleine Schnittwunde."
Natural Translation
She stuck a plaster over the small cut.
Literal Translation
She stuck a plaster on the small cut-wound.

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