ground layer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Many paintings from the early 1500s, including the "Mona Lisa," were painted on wooden panels that required a thick, "ground layer" of paint to be laid down before artwork was added.
From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2023
“In this case, it’s interesting to see that indeed there is a specific technique for the ground layer of ‘Mona Lisa,’” he said in an interview with The Associated Press.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023
On land, thawing permafrost - a ground layer that remains frozen - threatens to damage infrastructure such as roads, building foundations and runways, a June 2022 report by the Canadian Climate Institute said.
From Reuters • Jul. 28, 2022
The structure of a boreal forest is often only a tree layer and a ground layer.
From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018
A purported Rothko from 1956, which sold for $8.3m, used a ground layer of white paint between the canvas and the oils; through that decade, though, Rothko had used a transparent ground layer.
From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2018
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