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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer wordnet
3. 3
   An artwork made by this technique. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To perform or use the art technique of decoupage. transitive

Etymology

Borrowed from French découpage, from découper (“to cut up”).

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