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frescoes

frescoes is the plural of fresco.

Meaning of fresco

Noun

fresco (countable and uncountable, plural frescos or frescoes or (rare, Italianate) freschi)

  1. (countable) A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.
    • […] I [Satan] cannot ſtay
      Flaring in ſun-ſhine all the day:
      For, entre nous, we helliſh ſprites,
      Love more the freſco of the nights; […]a. 1722 (date written), Matthew Prior, “Hans Carvel”, in The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior […], volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, […], published 1779, →OCLC, page 124
  2. (countable, painting) An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.
  3. (uncountable, painting) The technique used to make such an artwork.

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Questions about frescoes

What is frescoes the plural of?
Frescoes is the plural of fresco.

Words near frescoes in the dictionary

  1. fresco
  2. frescobol
  3. frescoed
  4. frescoer
  5. frescoers
  6. frescoes
  7. frescoing
  8. frescoings
  9. frescoist
  10. frescoists
  11. frescolike

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