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gouache

/ɡwɑːʃ/

gouache noun: a thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.

gouache: a thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque
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Noun

gouache (countable and uncountable, plural gouaches)

  1. (painting) A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.
  2. (countable, painting) A painting made with this paint.

Verb

gouache (third-person singular simple present gouaches, present participle gouaching, simple past and past participle gouached)

  1. To produce work in the gouache medium.

Forms of gouache

Noun
pluralgouaches
Verb
third-person singular presentgouaches
present participlegouaching
past participlegouached
pastgouached

Origin of gouache

Unadapted borrowing from French gouache, from Italian guazzo. Doublet of guazzo.

Words that rhyme with gouache

Questions about gouache

What does gouache mean?
Gouache means a thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.
What part of speech is gouache?
Gouache can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce gouache?
Gouache is pronounced /ɡwɑːʃ/.
What is the plural of gouache?
The plural of gouache is gouaches.

Words near gouache in the dictionary

  1. gotukola
  2. GOTV
  3. GOTY
  4. GOTYs
  5. gotzenite
  6. gouache
  7. gouached
  8. gouaches
  9. gouaching
  10. Goualougo
  11. Goualougo Triangle

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