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STUCCO

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Irregular inflected form: stuccoes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("stucco" is a kind of...):

plaster (a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stucco"):

render (a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls)

Derivation:

stucco (coat with stucco)

stucco (decorate with stucco work)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coat with stucco

Example:

stucco the ceiling

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "stucco" is one way to...):

coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

stucco (a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Decorate with stucco work

Example:

stuccoed ceilings

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "stucco" is one way to...):

adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

stucco (a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces)

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