fresco
(noun) a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
fresco
(noun) a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
fresco
(verb) paint onto wet plaster on a wall
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fresco (countable and uncountable, plural frescos or frescoes)
(countable) A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.
(countable, painting) An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.
(uncountable, painting) The technique used to make such an artwork.
fresco (third-person singular simple present frescoes, present participle frescoing, simple past and past participle frescoed)
(ambitransitive) To paint using fresco.
• Cofers, corfes, forces
Source: Wiktionary
Fres"co, n.; pl. Frescoes or Frescos. Etym: [It., fr. fresco fresh; of German origin. See Fresh, a.]
1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade. [R.] Prior.
2. (Fine Arts) (a) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries. (b) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner. (c) A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b.
Fres"co, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frescoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Frescoing.]
Definition: To paint in fresco, as walls.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
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