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FRESCO (frescoes)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fresco mean?
• FRESCO (noun)
The noun FRESCO has 2 senses:
1. a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
2. a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
Familiarity information: FRESCO used as a noun is rare.
• FRESCO (verb)
The verb FRESCO has 1 sense:
1. paint onto wet plaster on a wall
Familiarity information: FRESCO used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fresco" is a kind of...):
mural; wall painting (a painting that is applied to a wall surface)
Derivation:
fresco (paint onto wet plaster on a wall)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fresco" is a kind of...):
painting (creating a picture with paints)
Derivation:
fresco (paint onto wet plaster on a wall)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: frescoed
Past participle: frescoed
-ing form: frescoing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Paint onto wet plaster on a wall
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "fresco" is one way to...):
paint (make a painting)
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
fresco (a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster)
fresco (a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster)
Context examples
Under a bright mid-day sun, at almost Midsummer, Mr. Woodhouse was safely conveyed in his carriage, with one window down, to partake of this al-fresco party; and in one of the most comfortable rooms in the Abbey, especially prepared for him by a fire all the morning, he was happily placed, quite at his ease, ready to talk with pleasure of what had been achieved, and advise every body to come and sit down, and not to heat themselves.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
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