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impastos

impastos is the plural of impasto.

Meaning of impasto

Noun

impasto (countable and uncountable, plural impastos)

  1. (painting) The use of a thick-bodied paint to create peaks and crests that physically extend from the surface of a painting.
    • He was thinking, ʽGot to get a subject where a man can weight the impasto in light. Paint thin against light. Got to remember that.ʼ1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 63

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Questions about impastos

What is impastos the plural of?
Impastos is the plural of impasto.

Words near impastos in the dictionary

  1. impastoed
  2. impastoes
  3. impastoing
  4. impastor
  5. impastors
  6. impastos
  7. impasture
  8. impastured
  9. impastures
  10. impasturing
  11. Impasugong

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