stucco

  • 1Stucco — or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a coating for walls and ceilings and for decoration. Stucco may be used to cover less visually appealing… …

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  • 2stucco (1) — {{hw}}{{stucco (1)}{{/hw}}s. m.  (pl. chi ) 1 Malta composta di gesso, colla e altre sostanze che serve a ricoprire membrature architettoniche, o per fare ornati, cornici e sim. | (fig.) Rimanere di –s, sbalordito, stupefatto. 2 Rilievo… …

    Enciclopedia di italiano

  • 3Stucco — Stuc co, n.; pl. {Stuccoes}, {Stuccos}. [It., fr. OHG. stucchi a crust, piece, G. st[ u]ck piece; akin to AS. stycce. See {Stock}.] 1. Plaster of any kind used as a coating for walls, especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime or gypsum with… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4Stucco — Stuc co, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stuccoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stuccoing}.] To overlay or decorate with stucco, or fine plaster. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5stucco — n. m. (Québec) Matériau de revêtement intérieur ou extérieur, fait d un mélange de plâtre et de ciment, de couleur blanchâtre. Un plafond en stucco …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 6stucco — 1590s, from It. stucco, from a Germanic source (Cf. O.H.G. stukki crust, piece, fragment; see STOCK (Cf. stock) (n.1)). The verb is attested from 1726 …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 7stucco — ► NOUN ▪ fine plaster used for coating wall surfaces or moulding into architectural decorations. ► VERB (stuccoes, stuccoed) (usu. as adj. stuccoed) ▪ coat or decorate with stucco. ORIGIN Italian …

    English terms dictionary

  • 8stucco — [stuk′ō] n. pl. stuccoes or stuccos [It, prob. < Langobardic * stukki, akin to OHG stucki, rind, crust, orig., piece: for IE base see STOCK] 1. plaster or cement, either fine or coarse, used for surfacing inside or outside walls or for molding …

    English World dictionary

  • 9Stucco — (ital.), s. Stuck. Daher Stuccaturarbeiter, 1) s.u. Stuck; 2) so v.w. Kleiber …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 10Stucco — (ital.), s. Stuck …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon