stucco
A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat interior walls or to make…A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat interior walls or to make interior mouldings.
» The house was clad in brightly colored stucco.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat interior walls or to make interior mouldings.
Putz, Wandputz, Putzmörtel
штукату́ркаštukatúrka
(countable, uncountable)A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat exterior walls or to make exterior mouldings.
(countable, uncountable)A work made of stucco; stuccowork.
Stuck, Stuckarbeit, Stuckatur
лепни́наlepnína
- a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces
Examples
3 sentencesThe house was clad in brightly colored stucco.
Ben was stuccoing the outside of the house.
The house's stucco was cracking.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
Borrowed from Italian stucco (“coating made of pulverised gypsum, plaster, stucco”) from OBorrowed 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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Forms
plural: stuccoes / stuccos / stucchiSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable