stucco

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a durable plaster-like material used to coat or decorate walls, ceilings, and exterior surfaces

   Cracks had appeared in the white stucco above the doorway.

2. 2
   verb

   to coat or decorate a surface with stucco

   The builders planned to stucco the brick wall before winter.

Borrowed from Italian stucco, 'plaster or decorative coating,' probably from a Germanic source related to German Stück, 'piece.' The material historically included fine lime or gypsum plaster and is now often made with cement, lime, sand, and water.

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