Definition of Decoupage

1. Noun. Art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer.

Generic synonyms: Art, Fine Art

2. Noun. The art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with vanish or lacquer.

Definition of Decoupage

1. Noun. An art technique in which paper cut outs (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated ¹

2. Noun. An artwork made by this technique ¹

3. Verb. To perform or use the art technique of decoupage. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decoupage

1. [v -PAGED, -PAGING, -PAGES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decoupage

decorticate reflex
decorticate rigidity
decorticate state
decorticated
decorticates
decorticating
decortication
decortications
decorticator
decorticators
decorum
decorums
decos
decose
decoses
decoupage (current term)
decoupaged
decoupages
decoupaging
decouplable
decouple
decoupled
decoupler
decouplers
decouples
decoupling
decouplings
decourous
decoy
decoy-duck

Literary usage of Decoupage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Technical Terms Used in Bibliographies and by the Book and Printing Trades by Axel Moth, Frank Keller Walter (1915)
"... so that the design appeared in relief. dactylographie. typewriting. date d'impression. imprint date. decor, decoration. decoupage. (bb. ..."

2. The Wonders of Engraving by Georges Duplessis (1871)
"... the finish now given to them in printing by a contrivance called decoupage. By attaching portions of paper or pasteboard, of suitable thickness, ..."

3. The Implementation Costs of Agricultural Policies by Oecd, SourceOECD (Online service) (2007)
"The horizontal administrative structure of the country ("decoupage administratif') also affects the horizontal structure of agencies covering the territory ..."

4. Catalogue of the Passmore Edwards Library by St. Bride Foundation Institute Passmore Edwards Library (1897)
"Le decoupage en Typographic. Nantes, 189-. 8vo... ... ... ... ... ...46,47 A treatise on overlaying and making ready woodcuts and process blocks. Beck. ..."

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