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SGRAFFITO (sgraffiti)

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Irregular inflected form: sgraffiti  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sgraffito mean? 

SGRAFFITO (noun)
  The noun SGRAFFITO has 1 sense:

1. a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the groundplay

  Familiarity information: SGRAFFITO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SGRAFFITO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

decoration; ornament; ornamentation (something used to beautify)


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