Stucco
['stʌkəʊ] or ['stʌko]
Definition
(noun.) a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces.
(verb.) coat with stucco; 'stucco the ceiling'.
(verb.) decorate with stucco work; 'stuccoed ceilings'.
Edited by Dwight--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Plaster of any kind used as a coating for walls, especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime or gypsum with sand and pounded marble, used for internal decorations and fine work.
(n.) Work made of stucco; stuccowork.
(v. t.) To overlay or decorate with stucco, or fine plaster.
Edited by Jonathan
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Cover with stucco.
n. Plaster (for covering walls and ceilings), mortar, cement.
Checker: Rhonda
Definition
n. a plaster of lime and fine sand &c. used as a coating for walls for decorations &c.: work done in stucco.—v.t. to face or overlay with stucco: to form in stucco.—n. Stucc′ōer one who works or deals in stucco.
Checked by Joseph
Examples
- Silent and forsaken, the golden stucco showed between the trees, the house-front looked down the park, unchanged and unchanging. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Its real theme, however, is building-material--brick, sand, lim e, stone, concrete, marble, stucco, timber, pozzolano. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Stucco, or Plaster of Paris Sulphate of Lime. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
Typist: Virginia