Usually means: Primer for preparing painting surfaces.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. gesso: Merriam-Webster
  2. gesso: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gesso: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gesso: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gesso: Vocabulary.com
  6. Gesso, gesso: Wordnik
  7. gesso: Wiktionary
  8. gesso: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. gesso: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Gesso, gesso: Dictionary.com
  11. Gesso: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. gesso: FreeDictionary.org
  13. gesso: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. gesso: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. gesso: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. gesso: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Gesso: Art Glossary: Terminology for artists
  3. Gesso: art glossary
  4. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)
  5. GESSO: Glossary of Art Terms

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gesso: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gesso: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See gessoed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gesso)

noun:  A mixture of plaster of Paris and glue used to prepare a surface for painting.
noun:  A work of art done in gesso.

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