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[ al-fres-koh ] / ælˈfrɛs koʊ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR alfresco ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbout-of-doors; in the open air: to dine alfresco. adjectiveoutdoor: an alfresco café. Origin of alfresco1745–55; <Italian: in the cool, in a cool place. See fresco Words nearby alfrescoAlfonso XIII, Alford plea, alforja, Alfred, Alfred the Great, alfresco, Alfur, al-Fustat, Alfvén, Alfvén wave, alg. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for alfrescoRecently, during a particularly cold night, one elderly inmate died in his alfresco bunk. Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Send Armed Posses to Protect Schools|Terry Greene Sterling|January 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST Pearce credits himself for conceiving of Tent City, an alfresco jail complex that is one of several Maricopa County jails. The Immigrant Prison Nightmare|Terry Greene Sterling|April 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST An alfresco meal, a strange kitchen like this, made me very anxious, I must confess. General Bramble|Andr Maurois Everything had been remembered - even the salt, and the knives and forks, which are usually forgotten at alfresco entertainments. The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, Vols. I to III|Cuthbert Bede
The latter sat on his tail all through the alfresco meal, directly behind Purt. The Girls of Central High in Camp|Gertrude W. Morrison While it was being repaired, we consumed an alfresco breakfast by the side of the road; very enjoyable. A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland|Meg Gehrts In the next scene the Princess Ida and the students are seen at an alfresco luncheon. The Secrets of a Savoyard|Henry A. Lytton
British Dictionary definitions for alfrescoWord Origin for alfrescoC18: from Italian: in the cool Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to alfrescoforeign, farther, out, rustic, outdoor, over, surface, alien, exterior, extreme, outside, extraneous, farthest, furthest, outer, outermost, outward, apart from, extramural, open-air |