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FRESCO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: frescoes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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)

 II. (verb) 

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)

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