papier-mâché
noun/ˌpapɪ.eɪ ˈmaʃeɪ/UK/ˌpeɪpɚ məˈʃeɪ/US
Etymology
Borrowed from French papier mâché (literally “chewed-up paper”). See French papier and mâcher, related to the English words paper and masticate, respectively.
- borrowed from papier mâché
Definitions
A composite material created by pulping paper or layering paper strips with an adhesive…
A composite material created by pulping paper or layering paper strips with an adhesive such as glue, starch or paste, which dries to form a durable, lightweight and moldable substance.
- She sat completely alone at the very back of the sea-themed restaurant, amid papier-mâché starfish and plastic shrimp.
Of a material of such type or admixture.
To apply papier-mâché to.
- I have had it rebuilt, papier-mâchéd inside and otherwise repaired through the years.
- When the bodies of the fish were finished, fins were cut from cardboard to the desired shapes, pinned with straight pins to the fish, and papier-mâchéd in place.
- In a giddy moment they had also papier-mâchéd the legs of the card table.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for papier-mâché. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA