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ENCAUSTIC

• ENCAUSTIC (noun)
The noun ENCAUSTIC has 1 sense:

1. a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application

Familiarity information: ENCAUSTIC used as a noun is very rare.

• ENCAUSTIC (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("encaustic" is a kind of...):

paint (a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating)

"One man's trash is another man's treasure."
(English proverb)
"Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand."
(Native American proverb, tribe unknown)
"Leave evil, it will leave you."
(Arabic proverb)
"Every little pot has a fitting lid."
(Dutch proverb)

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