fresco
/ˈfrɛskoʊ/
verb
- To paint a fresco on a wall or ceiling.
- The painter will fresco the entire dome of the cathedral.
- They hired a team of artists to fresco the new library walls.
- She learned how to fresco from a master in Italy.
noun
- A painting made on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors become part of the plaster as it dries.
- Tourists admired the ancient fresco in the ruins of Pompeii.
- The ceiling of the chapel is covered with a beautiful fresco of angels.
- The artist spent months completing the large fresco in the town hall.
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