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Alfresco

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

ad. In the fresh air; outdoors: dining alfresco.

adj. Taking place outdoors; outdoor: an alfresco conference.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Outdoors, open to the atmosphere

ad. Outdoors; in fresh air.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

ad. In the open-air.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In the open air; out of doors: as, to dine al fresco.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

ad. outside a building

adj. in the open air

Word Usage

"They set out a kind of alfresco area under the trees, since none of them really wanted to be inside, and at any rate, Alberichs little sitting room would have been horribly cramped with all of them crammed into it."

Equivalent

outdoor out-of-door outside

Same Context

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