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a jour

a jour adjective: pierced, cut away, or made translucent in such a way as to form a design.

Adjective

a jour (not comparable)

  1. pierced, cut away, or made translucent in such a way as to form a design
  2. having figured openwork
  3. decorated with translucent, pierced, or openwork designs (used of carving, metalwork, lace, drawnwork, or cutwork)

Questions about a jour

What does a jour mean?
A jour means pierced, cut away, or made translucent in such a way as to form a design.
What part of speech is a jour?
A jour is an adjective.

Words near a jour in the dictionary

  1. a house is not a home
  2. a hundred and ten percent
  3. a hundred percent
  4. a hungry man is an angry man
  5. a into g
  6. a jour
  7. a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
  8. a kangaroo loose in the top paddock
  9. a kimbow
  10. a kin
  11. A Kung Ngam

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