| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun fresco.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (fresco) |
1. A mural done with watercolors on wet plaster.[Wordnet]. 2. A durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster.[Wordnet]. | |
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"Frescos" is a common misspelling or typo for: frescoes. |
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Date "Frescos" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1503. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun fresco.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (fresco) | 1. A mural done with watercolors on wet plaster.[Wordnet]. 2. A durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster.[Wordnet]. | |
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"FRESCOS" is a common misspelling or typo for: frescoes. |
Date "FRESCOS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1503. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Computing | Fresco 1. | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] Coolness; shade; a cool refreshing state of the air; duskiness.. | 2: [Noun] A picture not drawn in glaring light, but in dusk.. | 3: [Noun] A method of painting in relief on walls, performed with water-colors on fresh plaster, or on a wall laid with mortar not yet dry. the colors, incorporating with the mortar, and drying with it, become very durable. It is called fesco, either because it is done on fresh plaster, or because it is used on walls and buildings in the open air.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Geography | 1: Fresco is geographically located in Belize. Its features include a camp(s) (a site occupied by tents, huts, or other shelters for temporary use). Its geographic coordinates are 17.15 degrees North latitude and 88.533333 degrees West longitude. (references) | 2: Fresco is geographically located in Côte d'Ivoire. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 5.081111 degrees North latitude and 5.568889 degrees West longitude. (references) | |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (countable) A painting made using this technique. (references) | 2: [Noun] (uncountable) In painting, the technique of applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster. (references) | |
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| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Fresco (computing) | In computing, Fresco (formerly known as Berlin) is a windowing system. It is intended as a replacement for the X Window System. (references) | ||
| Fresco Norway | Fresco Norway AS is a Norwegian company that, through its subsidiary, Fresco Paraguay S.A., operates the biggest macadamia farm in Paraguay with more than 10,000 new trees. The name of the farm is Cafetalera del Norte. The first macadamia harvest will enter the market in 2006. Today the farm supplies the market with soybeans, sorghum, and meat. (references) | ||
| Fresco Pictures | Fresco Pictures is a relatively young movie company, formed in 1996 and based in Los Angeles. The principals of the corporation are Peter Johnson and science fiction author Orson Scott Card, author of Ender's Game. (references) | ||
| Fresco Thompson | Lafayette Fresco Thompson (June 6, 1902 in Centreville, Alabama - November 20, 1968 in Fullerton, California) was a Major League Baseball second baseman and executive. (references) | ||
| Jacque Fresco | Jacque Fresco (b. March 13, 1916) is an industrial engineer, architectural designer, social engineer and futurist based in Florida. His optimistic view and desire create solutions that maximally benefit the greatest number of people stem from his formative years during the Great Depression. To this day he writes and lectures extensively on subjects ranging from the holistic design of sustainable cities, energy efficiency, natural resource management and advanced automation, focusing on the benefits it will bring to society. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Al fresco | Metallurgy | Method of painting in which pigments mixed only with water are applied to a freshly laid surface of lime plaster. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: fresco | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Fresco | 23 | Buon fresco | 3 | |
| Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum | 11 | Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum | 11 | |
| Jacque Fresco | 9 | Fresco | 23 | |
| Fresco (computing) | 6 | Fresco (album) | 4 | |
| Fresco (album) | 4 | Fresco (alternative meanings) | 3 | |
| Fresco Thompson | 4 | Fresco (computing) | 6 | |
| Operation Fresco | 4 | Fresco EP | 3 | |
| Fresco EP | 3 | Fresco Norway | 2 | |
| Buon fresco | 3 | Fresco Pictures | 2 | |
| Fresco Wizard | 3 | Fresco Thompson | 4 | |
| Fresco (alternative meanings) | 3 | Fresco Wizard | 3 | |
| Fresco Pictures | 2 | Jacque Fresco | 9 | |
| Fresco Norway | 2 | Operation Fresco | 4 | |
| Victor Fresco | 2 | Victor Fresco | 2 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||