decoupage
Americannoun
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the art or technique of decorating something with cut-outs of paper, linoleum, plastic, or other flat material over which varnish or lacquer is applied.
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work produced by the art or technique of decoupage.
verb (used with object)
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to decorate by decoupage.
walls decoupaged with photographs of movie stars.
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to apply or use as decoupage or by decoupage technique.
Let's decoupage these maps onto the tabletops.
noun
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the art or process of decorating a surface with shapes or illustrations cut from paper, card, etc
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anything produced by this technique
Etymology
Origin of decoupage
1955–60; < French découpage a cutting out, equivalent to Middle French decoup ( er ) to cut out ( de- de- + couper to cut; see coupé, coup 1) + -age -age
Vocabulary lists containing decoupage
Example Sentences
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The Etsy store Sea and Stable has turned oyster shells into blue decoupage chinoiserie jewelry holders and trinket bowls.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2022
She loved to make flower arrangements, do decoupage and play the piano, Gregory said.
From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2020
But a new line of glass decoupage plates by designer John Derian and artist Katharine Barnwell feature patterns taken from six presidential administrations.
From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2018
For those who haven’t browsed Mr. Derian’s decoupage home-décor pieces, his 6-pound book may suffice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2016
The top had a decoupage portrait of a nineteenth-century princess twisting a pearl necklace, which Phil had altered by substituting my face.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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