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DECOUPAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does decoupage mean?
• DECOUPAGE (noun)
The noun DECOUPAGE has 2 senses:
1. art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer
2. the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer
Familiarity information: DECOUPAGE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("decoupage" is a kind of...):
art; fine art (the products of human creativity; works of art collectively)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("decoupage" is a kind of...):
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
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