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to stucco

to stucco

1 6.3
To cover a wall or ceiling with hard plaster
  • verb
  • /ˈstʌkoʊ/
  • Specialized
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  • To protect against the weather, they decided to stucco the walls of the old garage.

Examples

  • After applying the base layer, they will stucco the surface for a decorative effect.

  • We need to just stucco the whole thing over here.

  • We'll see that the walls are made of tufa, but those walls were stuccoed over with white stucco.

  • The workers will stucco the exterior of the house to give it a smooth finish.

Synonyms

to plaster
vsto stucco
9 3.4

To cover a wall or ceiling with a soft paste to make it smooth

is specific to a decorative textured finish on walls or ceilings
to plaster over
vsto stucco
1 4.5

To cover a surface with a layer of material or paint to hide damage

is decorative or finishing rather than mainly hiding or repairing defects
to parget
vsto stucco
  • Archaic
9.9

To cover walls or ceilings with decorative plaster

is used to cover or decorate surfaces without focusing solely on ornament
4.9

Cover a ceiling with wet paste that dries hard to make it smooth

is used on walls or ceilings and can be decorative as well
to render-set
vsto stucco
  • UK
9.2

To cover a wall with two coats of plaster to make it smooth

is focused on decoration rather than a technical smoothing process

How Thick

to stucco
  • Specialized
1 6.3
to paint
854 1.0

Surface Forms

stucco infinitive
stuccoed past
stuccoed past participle
stuccoing present participle
stuccos third person singular

Etymology

Stucco (verb) comes from the same Italian stucco (from old Latin stuppa) and literally meant 'to cover with' that plaster. So, to stucco a wall is simply to put that hard, decorative plaster onto the surface.