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raden

raden noun: the Japanese technique of inserting a board-like material, a cut-out part of the mother-of-pearl inside the shell, into the carved surface of lacquer or wood. Also the plural of raad.

Noun

raden (uncountable)

  1. The Japanese technique of inserting a board-like material, a cut-out part of the mother-of-pearl inside the shell, into the carved surface of lacquer or wood.

Also used as

raden is also the plural of raad.

Origin of raden

Borrowed from Japanese 螺鈿.

Borrowed from Dutch raden.

Questions about raden

What does raden mean?
Raden means the Japanese technique of inserting a board-like material, a cut-out part of the mother-of-pearl inside the shell, into the carved surface of lacquer or wood.
What part of speech is raden?
Raden is a noun.

Words near raden in the dictionary

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  4. Rademaker
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  6. raden
  7. radeon
  8. Rader
  9. Radermacher
  10. Radermachers
  11. Raders

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