Fresco - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Fresco :  (noun)
1: a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
2: a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster (verb)

1: paint onto wet plaster on a wall

Based on WordNet 2.0

Fresco : \Fres"co\, n.; pl. Frescoes or Frescos. [It., fr. fresco fresh; of German origin. See Fresh, a.] 1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade. [R.] --Prior.

2. (Fine Arts) (a) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries. (b) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner. (c) A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b .

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Fresco : \Fres"co\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frescoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Frescoing.] To paint in fresco, as walls.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Fresco : 

1. An object-oriented API for graphical user interfaces, under development by the X Consortium as an open, multi-vendor standard.

2. An object-oriented specification language.

["Refinement in Fresco", in Object Oriented Specification Case Studies, K. Lano et al eds, P-H 1993].

(1996-04-28)



Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Fresco

__Jazz: @davidmartinm que Fresco!
Juanfra_Meaden: recien almorzando ..un rico choclo con queso Fresco !!!!
simplecard182: Fresco como una lechuga!!! ^_^
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