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noun
An art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An artwork made by this technique.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To perform or use the art technique of decoupage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with vanish or lacquer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: art, artistic creation, artistic production
noun
art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: art, fine art
History
Borrowed from French découpage, from découper (“to cut up”).
