paper machee

A form of papier-mâché — 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.

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Meanings

nounpaper machee (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of papier-mâché.
adjectivepaper machee (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of papier-mâché.
verbpaper machee (third-person singular simple present paper machees, present participle paper macheeing, simple past and past participle paper macheed or paper macheeed)

present singular third person paper machees · participle present paper macheeing · participle past paper macheed · past paper macheed · participle past paper macheeed · past paper macheeed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of papier-mâché.

Origin

Influenced by the English cognate paper.

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