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stucco

The English word “stucco” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat interior walls or to make interior mouldings.
  2. A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat exterior walls or to make exterior mouldings.
  3. A work made of stucco; stuccowork.

verb

  1. To coat or decorate with stucco.

Etymology

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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