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damasken

damasken is the alternative form of damascene.

Meaning of damascene

Verb

damascene (third-person singular simple present damascenes, present participle damascening, simple past and past participle damascened)

  1. (transitive) To decorate (metalwork) with a peculiar marking or water produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced by inlaying or encrusting with another metal, such as silver or gold, or by etching, etc.; to damask.
    Synonyms:
    damaskeen, damasken

See all 7 meanings of damascene

Forms of damasken

third-person singular presentdamaskens
present participledamaskening
past participledamaskened
pastdamaskened

Questions about damasken

What is damasken the alternative form of?
Damasken is the alternative form of damascene.

Words near damasken in the dictionary

  1. damaskeen
  2. damaskeened
  3. damaskeening
  4. damaskeenings
  5. damaskeens
  6. damasken
  7. damaskened
  8. damaskening
  9. damaskin
  10. damaskined
  11. damasking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: damasken (page history and authors); damascene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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