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repoussé

UK/ɹəˈpuːseɪ/US/ɹəˌpuːˈseɪ/

repoussé noun: a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side.

Noun

repoussé (uncountable)

  1. A metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side.
    • […] the extraordinary thinness of the walls of these vases, which reminds us of the finest china, or even of Venetian glass. Some of them have elements in their designs stamped out into low relief to represent the repoussé ornament natural to such metal-work.1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 60

Verb

repoussé (third-person singular simple present repoussés, present participle repousséing, simple past and past participle repousséed or repousséd)

  1. To use this metalworking technique.

Forms of repoussé

third-person singular presentrepoussés
present participlerepousséing
past participlerepousséed
pastrepousséed
past participlerepousséd
pastrepousséd

Origin of repoussé

Borrowed from French repoussé (“pushed up”), ultimately from Latin pulsare (“to push”).

Questions about repoussé

What does repoussé mean?
Repoussé means a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side.
What part of speech is repoussé?
Repoussé can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce repoussé?
Repoussé is pronounced /ɹəˈpuːseɪ/ (UK).

Words near repoussé in the dictionary

  1. repouring
  2. repours
  3. repoussage
  4. repoussoir
  5. repoussoirs
  6. repoussé
  7. repousséd
  8. repousséed
  9. repousséing
  10. repoussés
  11. repowder

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