fresco
noun/ˈfrɛskoʊ/
Frequency rank: #11,883 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a painting made on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, in which the colors become fixed as the plaster dries.
Example sentence
The artist spent three years painting his masterful fresco on the ceiling of the cathedral.
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