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Impasto

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Noun

1. impasto

painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Impasto

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noun
1. 
paint applied thickly, so that brush and palette knife marks are evident
2. 
the technique of applying paint in this way

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Impasto

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noun
1. 
painting in which the paint is laid thickly on the canvas
2. 
paint so laid on

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Impasto

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n. pl. im·pas·tos
1. The application of thick layers of pigment to a canvas or other surface in painting.
2. The paint so applied.

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