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Definition of
tempera noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
tempera
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈtɛmpərə
/
/
[
uncountable
]
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a kind of paint in which the color is mixed with egg and water; a method of painting that uses this kind of paint
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