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marquetry

UK/ˈmɑːkɪtɹi/

marquetry noun: a decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wooden surface to form intricate designs.

marquetry: a decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wooden surface...
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Noun

marquetry (countable and uncountable, plural marquetries)

  1. (uncountable) A decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wooden surface to form intricate designs.
    • strawen marquetry
    • Wearing a dress in Labour's ruby red, the shadow chancellor joins me at a circular table amid the art deco glamour of Bettys' subterranean Spindler room, which is adorned with numerous stained-wood “marquetry pictures”.2023 October 7, Jim Pickard, “It’s not government that creates jobs”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3
  2. (countable) An example of this work.
    • Unkind people asserted that everything in his apartment was for sale and that after he had invited wealthy Americans for an excellent lunch, with vintage wines, one or two of his valuable drawings would disappear, or a marquetry commode would be replaced by one in lacquer.1944, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter 1, in The Razor’s Edge […], 1st American edition, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., →OCLC, section ii, page 5

marquetry meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

marquetry in Tamil

உட்பதிவேலை, பலவருணமரவேலை

marquetry in Urdu

مینا کاری

marquetry in Bengali

আসবাবপত্রে রঙিন কাঠের টুকরা

Forms of marquetry

pluralmarquetries
alternative formmarqueterie
alternative formmarquetery

Origin of marquetry

From Middle French marqueterie.

Words formed from marquetry

Questions about marquetry

What does marquetry mean?
Marquetry means a decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wooden surface to form intricate designs.
What is marquetry in Tamil?
Marquetry in Tamil is உட்பதிவேலை, பலவருணமரவேலை. See Marquetry meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is marquetry?
Marquetry is a noun.
How do you pronounce marquetry?
Marquetry is pronounced /ˈmɑːkɪtɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of marquetry?
The plural of marquetry is marquetries.

Words near marquetry in the dictionary

  1. marqueters
  2. marquetery
  3. marqueteur
  4. marqueteurs
  5. marquetries
  6. marquetry
  7. Marquette
  8. Marquette County
  9. Marquettes
  10. Marquez
  11. Marquezian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marquetry (page history and authors); marquetry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); marquetry (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); marquetry (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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