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View synonyms for alfresco

alfresco

or al fres·co

[ al-fres-koh ]

adverb

  1. outdoors; in the open air:

    to dine alfresco.



adjective

  1. an alfresco café.

alfresco

/ ælˈfrɛskəʊ /

adjective

  1. in the open air


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Word History and Origins

Origin of alfresco1

First recorded in 1710–20; from Italian: “in the cool, in a cool place”; fresco

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Word History and Origins

Origin of alfresco1

C18: from Italian: in the cool

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Example Sentences

Recently, during a particularly cold night, one elderly inmate died in his alfresco bunk.

Pearce credits himself for conceiving of Tent City, an alfresco jail complex that is one of several Maricopa County jails.

While it was being repaired, we consumed an alfresco breakfast by the side of the road; very enjoyable.

As the evenings lengthened we used to find alfresco coffee-parties being held in a corner of Peck.

It was meant to be a picnic de luxe, but fate was kind to us, and it turned out very alfresco indeed.

Everything had been remembered - even the salt, and the knives and forks, which are usually forgotten at alfresco entertainments.

In the next scene the Princess Ida and the students are seen at an alfresco luncheon.

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