Definition of DECOUPAGE

decoupage

Meanings

Plural: decoupages

Noun

  • art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer
  • the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with vanish or lacquer
  • 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
  • An artwork made by this technique

Verb

  • To perform or use the art technique of decoupage.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 15

decoupage is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
decoupage is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
decoupage is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

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