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mokume-gane

mokume-gane noun: a mixed-metal laminate with distinctive layered patterns.

Noun

mokume-gane (uncountable)

  1. A mixed-metal laminate with distinctive layered patterns.

Origin of mokume-gane

Japanese 木目金, literally "woodgrain metal".

Questions about mokume-gane

What does mokume-gane mean?
Mokume-gane means a mixed-metal laminate with distinctive layered patterns.
What part of speech is mokume-gane?
Mokume-gane is a noun.

Words near mokume-gane in the dictionary

  1. Moks
  2. Moksela
  3. moksha
  4. Mokshans
  5. Mokshas
  6. mokume-gane
  7. mokurruree
  8. mokusatsu
  9. mokèlé-mbèmbé
  10. mokèlé-mbèmbés
  11. mol

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