What does "gouache" mean?

A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.

Gouache

Common synonyms include: canvas, coloring, finger painting, gouache artwork, gouache illustration, gouache painting.

/ɡwɑːʃ/ noun, verb

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Noun

1
A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque. countable, uncountable
2
a watercolor executed with opaque watercolors mixed with gum wordnet
3
A painting made with this paint. countable
4
an opaque watercolor prepared with gum wordnet

Verb

"I tested my new gouache my painting a sunset."

Unadapted borrowing from French gouache, from Italian guazzo. Doublet of guazzo.