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Egg-based paint
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tempera
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Areas of bright stucco work have been found over the first layer of tempera . ▪ As the varnish dries, so the egg tempera closes up into a perfectly fine line. ▪ Soft haired brushes are mostly used for watercolour or tempera painting, ...
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n. pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk [syn: poster paint , poster color , poster colour ]
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tempera (March 12, 1999 – April 28, 2002) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.
Usage examples of tempera.
He painted in oil, tempera, and for glass, and is supposed to have gained his brilliant colors by using a gilt ground.
The panels were done in tempera with figures in light colors upon gold grounds.
He painted a most moving picture of a greathearted, pleasure-loving, tempera- mental man, suddenly overtaken by a passion for a lovely young girl, conscience-stricken, yet unable to resist.
She watched the way his muscles moved beneath his skin as he matched Racer's gait with a gentle up-and-down and she felt a glow of warmth that was not from the tempera- .