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stucco.

A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat interior walls or to make interior mouldings.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat interior walls or to make interior mouldings.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat exterior walls or to make exterior mouldings.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A work made of stucco; stuccowork.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Italian stucco (“coating made of pulverised gypsum, plaster, stucco”) from Old Italian stucco, from Lombardic stucki, *stucchi (“crust, fragment, piece”) from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“stump, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to shock, butt, impact”). Akin to German Stück (“piece”), Old Saxon stukki (“piece, fragment”) and Old English stycce. Related to stock.

verb
  1. To coat or decorate with stucco.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Italian stucco (“coating made of pulverised gypsum, plaster, stucco”) from Old Italian stucco, from Lombardic stucki, *stucchi (“crust, fragment, piece”) from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“stump, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to shock, butt, impact”). Akin to German Stück (“piece”), Old Saxon stukki (“piece, fragment”) and Old English stycce. Related to stock.

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