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alto clef |
alto relievo |
alto rilievo |
alto saxophonist |
alto-cumulus |
alto-relievo
| alto-rilievo
| alto-stratus
| altocumulus
| altocumulus cloud
| altogether
alto-relievo
OXFORD DICTIONARY
alto-relievo, n. (pl. -os) Sculpture 1 a form of relief in which the sculptured shapes stand out from the background to at least half their actual depth.
2 a sculpture characterized by this.
2 a sculpture characterized by this.
Etymology
ALTO + RELIEVO
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