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Noun: sgraffito (sgraffiti)  skra'fee-tow
  1. A ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground
    "The artist created a beautiful sgraffito design on the pottery"

Derived forms: sgraffiti

Type of: decoration, ornament, ornamentation

Encyclopedia: Sgraffito