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cloisonne

cloisonne noun: a decorative technique for metalwork, especially brass, whereby colored enamel is baked in partitions (cloisons) between raised ridges of the metal.

cloisonne: a decorative technique for metalwork, especially brass, whereby colored enamel is baked in...
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Noun

cloisonne (countable and uncountable, plural cloisonnes)

  1. (uncountable) A decorative technique for metalwork, especially brass, whereby colored enamel is baked in partitions (cloisons) between raised ridges of the metal.
    • Cloisonne is sometimes seen as a cheaper alternative to jewelled encrustation or filigree.
    • Zoë wore a pair of cloisonne earrings she had bought in France.
  2. Objects decorated by this technique collectively.
    • The museum had a fine collection of medieval Italian cloisonne.

Forms of cloisonne

pluralcloisonnes
alternative formcloisonné

Origin of cloisonne

From French cloisonné (“partitioned”).

Questions about cloisonne

What does cloisonne mean?
Cloisonne means a decorative technique for metalwork, especially brass, whereby colored enamel is baked in partitions (cloisons) between raised ridges of the metal.
What part of speech is cloisonne?
Cloisonne is a noun.
What is the plural of cloisonne?
The plural of cloisonne is cloisonnes.

Words near cloisonne in the dictionary

  1. clogwyns
  2. Clois
  3. cloison
  4. cloisonless
  5. cloisonnage
  6. cloisonne
  7. cloisonnes
  8. cloisonnism
  9. cloisonnist
  10. cloisonnists
  11. cloisonné

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