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gouache.

A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.

7 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡwɑːʃ//ɡuˈɑːʃ/
  1. A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A painting made with this paint.

    countable
Where this word comes from

Unadapted borrowing from French gouache, from Italian guazzo. Doublet of guazzo.

verb/ɡwɑːʃ//ɡuˈɑːʃ/
  1. To produce work in the gouache medium.

Where this word comes from

Unadapted borrowing from French gouache, from Italian guazzo. Doublet of guazzo.

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