stucco
an exterior finish for masonry or frame walls, usually composed of cement, sand, and hydrated lime mixed with water and laid on wet.
any of various fine plasters for decorative work, moldings, etc.
any of various finishes made with cement, plaster, or mortar, as albarium.
a wall, facing, molding, or other work made of such materials.
to cover or ornament with stucco.
Origin of stucco
1Other words from stucco
- un·stuc·coed, adjective
Words Nearby stucco
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How to use stucco in a sentence
A few outliers in stone or stucco may garner some attention, too.
Their offer on the stucco house in Pasadena had been accepted.
4 Ways to Buy a Home in the Most Brutal Housing Market in Decades | Ronda Kaysen | June 15, 2022 | TimeIt is the visual equivalent of running a hand along stucco—texture rendered into form.
Robotic cartographers created these colorful cave maps | Kelsey D. Atherton | February 3, 2022 | Popular-ScienceBill thought about his youthful days living in New Orleans and working at the Maison De Ville, a small dusty red stucco painted guest house overlooking Toulouse Street.
Paradise lost: Remembering the popular Rehoboth men’s guest house | James Sears | September 2, 2021 | Washington BladeIsraeli bullet casings littered the floors of the entrances to residences that were transformed into stucco barracks.
As I reach the berm of sand, tile and stucco that marked a kind of front line, bodies are being piled on carts in the street.
In January, the stucco converted farm building, divided into two apartments, went on the market for $500,000.
JonBenet Ramsey's Colorado Home And Other Infamous Murder Houses For Sale | Caitlin Dickson | March 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith well-trimmed lawns between identical stucco townhomes, it appears almost tranquil.
New Account: Zimmerman Told Cops Trayvon’s Last Words Were ‘Okay, You Got It’ | Aram Roston | April 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn house after house are the same new windows with peeling manufacturing stickers, the same tiled courtyard, the same raw stucco.
The elegant roof was supported on three rows of red sandstone pillars, adorned with chaste gilding and stucco-work.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe narrow door into the corridor is also seen, and the stucco capitals and bases of the columns.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThe walls were coated with fine stucco, white and firm—an evidence of antiquity—and ornamented with bands of a bright red pigment.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThere was a white light on all the stucco parapets, and their shadows slanted clear and delicately purple to the west.
Hilda | Sarah Jeanette DuncanOver the wall was spread a coating of fine marble stucco for decorative purposes, which gave it a finish of dazzling white.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone Johnston
British Dictionary definitions for stucco
/ (ˈstʌkəʊ) /
a weather-resistant mixture of dehydrated lime, powdered marble, and glue, used in decorative mouldings on buildings
any of various types of cement or plaster used for coating outside walls
Also called: stuccowork decorative work moulded in stucco
(tr) to apply stucco to
Origin of stucco
1Derived forms of stucco
- stuccoer, noun
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