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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adv. In the fresh air; outdoors: dining alfresco.
  2. adj. Taking place outdoors; outdoor: an alfresco conference.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In the open air; out of doors: as, to dine al fresco.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. In fresh air.
  2. adv. In fresh air.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adv. In the open-air.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adv. outside a building
  2. adj. in the open air

Etymologies

  1. Italian al fresco, in the fresh (air) : al, in the (a, to, in from Latin ad; see ad- + il, the from Latin ille; see al-1 in Indo-European roots) + fresco, fresh.

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  • misterpolly Used to describe a picnic - alfresco lunch. Compare "aldesko" for those who eat their sandwiches in the office. Dec 22, 2007

‘alfresco’ has been looked up 1779 times, loved by 1 person, added to 18 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 13.