fresco
noun
the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
frescoes
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pluralof fresco.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The water gushed through gaps in the roof, running down the frescoes on the facade and onto the icons inside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
But the partially destroyed frescoes have offered up a bright side, she said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Even the prosecutor touring a buried villa that’s become a crime scene, illegally stripped of its frescoes, bemoans what’s been lost when thieves rob a people of their ancestors’ memories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
"Painters used to put all sorts of things in frescoes," Monsignor Daniele Micheletti said.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Like certain ancient frescoes entombed for centuries suddenly exposed to the day.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
