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ALL meanings of fresco

fres·co
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  • noun fresco mural, wall painting 1
  • transitive verb fresco paint into plaster 1
  • noun Technical meaning of fresco 1.   (standard, programming)   An object-oriented API for graphical user interfaces, under development by the X Consortium as an open, multi-vendor standard. 2.   (language, specification)   An object-oriented specification language. 1
  • noun fresco A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries. 1
  • noun plural fresco Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture. Compare fresco secco. 0
  • noun plural fresco a picture or design so painted. 0
  • verb with object fresco to paint in fresco. 0
  • countable noun fresco A fresco is a picture that is painted on a plastered wall when the plaster is still wet. 0
  • noun fresco a very durable method of wall-painting using watercolours on wet plaster or, less properly, dry plaster (fresco secco), with a less durable result 0
  • noun fresco a painting done in this way 0
  • noun fresco the art or technique of painting with watercolors on wet plaster 0
  • noun fresco a painting or design so made 0
  • verb transitive fresco to paint in fresco 0
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