FRESCO (frescoes)

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Irregular inflected form: frescoes   

 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 

• FRESCO (noun)

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)

• FRESCO (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they fresco    ... he / she / it frescos   
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)