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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: in the open air; "an alfresco lunch"; "an open-air theater" [syn: alfresco, open-air] adv
1: outside a building; "in summer we play outside" [syn: outside, outdoors, out of doors, alfresco] [ant: indoors, inside]

Merriam Webster's

adjective or adverb Etymology: Italian Date: 1753 taking place or located in the open air ; outdoor, outdoors <an alfresco lunch> <an alfresco café> <dining alfresco>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. & adj. in the open air (we lunched alfresco; an alfresco lunch). Etymology: It. al fresco in the fresh (air)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Alfresco Al*fres"co, adv. & a. [It. al fresco in or on the fresh.] In the open-air. --Smollett.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also al fresco An alfresco activity, especially a meal, is one that takes place in the open air. ... an al fresco breakfast of fresh fruit. = outdoor ADJ: ADJ n • Alfresco is also an adverb. He came across the man shaving alfresco. ADV: ADV after v

Moby Thesaurus

abroad, aerial, aeriform, aery, airish, airlike, airy, atmospheric, breezy, en plein air, ethereal, exposed, in the open, light, open-air, out of doors, out-of-door, out-of-doors, outdoor, outdoors, outside, pneumatic, roomy, tropospheric