de·cou·page also dé·cou·page (d  k -päzh )n. 1. The technique of decorating a surface with cutouts, as of paper. 2. A creation produced by this technique. [French découpage, from découper, to cut up or out, from Old French descolper : des-, de- + colper, to cut (from colp, stroke; see coup).] |   decoupage wall plaque |
decoupage, découpage
1. the art or technique of cutting out pictures or designs from paper or other material and applying them to a surface.
2. the work produced.
See also: Ornamentation
2. the work produced.
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| Noun | 1. | decoupage - art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer |
| 2. | decoupage - the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with vanish or lacquer artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" |
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