Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
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)
1.
paint onto wet plaster on a wall;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fresco \Fres"co\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frescoed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Frescoing.]
To paint in fresco, as walls.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
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 .
[1913 Webster]
al fresco in the open air; out of doors; outdoors; as, to
dine al fresco.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fresco
n 1: a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
2: a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors
on wet plaster
v 1: paint onto wet plaster on a wall
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
102 Moby Thesaurus words for "fresco":
abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, apply paint, bedaub, bedizen,
begild, besmear, block print, brush on paint, calcimine,
calcimining, coat, coating, collage, color, color print,
complexion, copy, cover, covering, cyclorama, dab, daub, deep-dye,
dip, diptych, distemper, double-dye, dye, emblazon, enamel,
enameling, engild, engraving, face, fast-dye, gild, gilding, glaze,
glazing, gloss, glossing, grain, hue, icon, illuminate,
illumination, illustration, image, imbue, ingrain, japan,
japanning, lacquer, lay on color, likeness, miniature, montage,
mosaic, mural, paint, painting, panorama, parget, photograph,
picture, pigment, prime, priming, print, representation,
reproduction, shade, shadow, shellac, shellacking, slop on paint,
smear, stain, stained glass window, staining, stencil, still life,
stipple, stippling, tableau, tapestry, tinct, tincture, tinge,
tint, tone, triptych, undercoat, undercoating, varnish, varnishing,
wall painting, wash, whitewash, whitewashing
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
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)