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de•cou•page

Pronunciation: (dā"kOO-päzh'), [key]
—n., v., -paged, -pag•ing.

—n. Also,dé•cou•pagePronunciation: (dā"kOO-päzh'; Fr.dā-kOO-pazh'). [key]
1. the art or technique of decorating something with cut-outs of paper, linoleum, plastic, or other flat material over which varnish or lacquer is applied.
2. work produced by the art or technique of decoupage.

—v.t.
1. to decorate by decoupage: walls decoupaged with photographs of movie stars.
2. to apply or use as decoupage or by decoupage technique: Let's decoupage these maps onto the tabletops.

decorum

decouple

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