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surmoulage

surmoulage noun: the fraudulent practice of taking a casting directly from a sculpture rather than from the artist's original.

Noun

surmoulage (countable and uncountable, plural surmoulages)

  1. The fraudulent practice of taking a casting directly from a sculpture rather than from the artist's original.

Forms of surmoulage

pluralsurmoulages

Origin of surmoulage

Borrowed from French surmoulage.

Questions about surmoulage

What does surmoulage mean?
Surmoulage means the fraudulent practice of taking a casting directly from a sculpture rather than from the artist's original.
What part of speech is surmoulage?
Surmoulage is a noun.
What is the plural of surmoulage?
The plural of surmoulage is surmoulages.

Words near surmoulage in the dictionary

  1. surmising
  2. surmisings
  3. surmission
  4. surmissions
  5. surmit
  6. surmoulage
  7. surmoulages
  8. surmount
  9. surmountability
  10. surmountable
  11. surmountableness

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