How to pronounce size

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What size means

noun

Most people know size in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

A gluey liquid used to seal paper or canvas

In a sentence: Before painting, the artist brushed a thin coat of size onto the canvas so the paint would not soak in.

Where it comes from: No one is sure where this meaning came from. It is related to an Italian word for a glue used by painters, and it may or may not be the same word as size, how big something is.

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