Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun encaustic

1 sense of encaustic

Sense 1
encaustic -- (a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application)
       => paint, pigment -- (a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably")