■ noun fine plaster used for coating wall surfaces or moulding into architectural decorations.
■ verb ( ~es , ~ing , ~ed ) [usu. as adjective ~ed ] coat or decorate with ~.
Origin
C16: from Ital.
■ noun fine plaster used for coating wall surfaces or moulding into architectural decorations.
■ verb ( ~es , ~ing , ~ed ) [usu. as adjective ~ed ] coat or decorate with ~.
Origin
C16: from Ital.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004