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shakudo

shakudo noun: a billon of gold and copper that can be treated to form a dark indigo patina resembling lacquer.

Noun

shakudo (uncountable)

  1. A billon of gold and copper that can be treated to form a dark indigo patina resembling lacquer.
    • The recipe for shakudo is unknown; each Japanese metalsmith had his own secret recipe.2024 May 16, Jill Newman, “When Form(s) Follows Function”, in The New York Times

Forms of shakudo

alternative formshakdo

Origin of shakudo

From Japanese 赤銅.

Questions about shakudo

What does shakudo mean?
Shakudo means a billon of gold and copper that can be treated to form a dark indigo patina resembling lacquer.
What part of speech is shakudo?
Shakudo is a noun.

Words near shakudo in the dictionary

  1. Shakti Nagar
  2. Shaktism
  3. shaku
  4. shakubuku
  5. shakubukued
  6. shakudo
  7. shakuhachi
  8. shakuhachis
  9. Shakuni
  10. Shakuntala
  11. Shakur

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