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parget

Verb CEFR B1
ˈpɑɹd͡ʒɪt

Definitions

  1. To coat with gypsum; to plaster, for example walls, or the interior of flues.
  2. To paint; to cover over.

Equivalents

Françaiscrépir
DeutschVerputzen
2 more languages
Latinadealbo
Nederlandsgipsen

Examples

“parget the outside of their houses.”
“the pargeted ceiling with pendants”
“Closely allied to daubing was pargetting or rough-casting, the chief difference, so far as any real distinction was made in the technical use⟳ of the terms, being that in pargetting mortar or a coarse form⟳ of plaster was used instead of clay or loam.”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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