stucco
/ˈstʌkəʊ
/noun [mass noun]
Fine plaster used for coating wall surfaces or moulding into architectural decorations: a shabby house covered in crumbling stucco [as modifier]: rich stucco decoration...
- Domestic buildings in the Spanish colonial style are usually built of thick stone walls covered with stucco.
- In addition to a softer color, color washing can accentuate the texture of your plaster or stucco walls.
- Wall materials such as stucco, cement, brick, plaster, stone, and block are most resistant to high temperatures.
verb (stuccoes, stuccoing, stuccoed) [with object] (usually as adjective stuccoed)
Coat or decorate with stucco: a stuccoed house...
- The planter is matched by a raised pool opposite, stuccoed to match the house.
- The pink, stuccoed mansion was sold in 1916, after Angela drowned in the surf off Carmel Beach.
- We're seeing a lot of frames that look like they've been stuccoed.
Origin
Late 16th century (as a noun): from Italian, of Germanic origin.