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ENCAUSTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does encaustic mean?
• ENCAUSTIC (noun)
The noun ENCAUSTIC has 1 sense:
1. a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application
Familiarity information: ENCAUSTIC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("encaustic" is a kind of...):
paint; pigment (a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating)
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