Definition of decoupage

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decoupage
decoupage wall plaque

de·cou·page also dé·cou·page

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NOUN:

The technique of decorating a surface with cutouts, as of paper.
A creation produced by this technique.

ETYMOLOGY:
French découpage, from découper, to cut up or out, from Old French descolper : des-, de- + colper, to cut (from colp, stroke; see coup)

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