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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pey-per-muh-shey, -ma-; French pa-pyey-mah-shey
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpeɪ pər məˈʃeɪ, -mæ-; French pa pyeɪ mɑˈʃeɪ



Définition of papier mache

Origin :
  • also papier mache, 1753, from French papier-mâché, literally "chewed paper," from Old French papier "paper" (see paper (n.)) + mâché "compressed, mashed," from past participle of mâcher, literally "to chew," from Late Latin masticare "masticate" (see mastication).
  • As in wood pulp : noun ground material from wood
Example sentences :
  • Cover these cores, to natural size of muscles, with papier mache.
  • Extract from : « Taxidermy » by Leon Luther Pray
  • Yet the bars of that cell door were chrome steel, not papier mache.
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
  • A papier mache pad is prepared with a spirit message on one surface; on the other is pasted a piece of newspaper.
  • Extract from : « Hours with the Ghosts or, Nineteenth Century Witchcraft » by Henry Ridgely Evans
  • In the other experiment the medium uses a papier mache slate, set in the usual wooden frame.
  • Extract from : « Hours with the Ghosts or, Nineteenth Century Witchcraft » by Henry Ridgely Evans
  • I concluded to give up right in my tracks, and let myself be wet down into papier mache by the descending elements.
  • Extract from : « The Humors of Falconbridge » by Jonathan F. Kelley
  • Turtles mounted with sawdust dry very quickly and usually very slowly when finished in papier mache.
  • Extract from : « Taxidermy » by Leon Luther Pray
  • The ideal way is to use a tanned, thin pared scalp, mounting it with papier mache upon a modeled mannikin.
  • Extract from : « Taxidermy » by Leon Luther Pray
  • Some of these powdered and glued on papier mache or cork bark stumps and limbs produce a very pleasing effect.
  • Extract from : « Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit » by Albert B. Farnham
  • Papier mache is also a good modeling material for stumps, limbs and rock, being light, and readily taking coats of glue or paint.
  • Extract from : « Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit » by Albert B. Farnham
  • There is on the market a papier mache background also adapted to any picture frame, called the "concave dust proof case."
  • Extract from : « Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit » by Albert B. Farnham

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