the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…
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Origami
the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)
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the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the arts of decorative design and handicraft; "they sponsored arts and crafts in order to encourage craftsmanship in an age of mass pr…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.creating figures or designs in three dimensions
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art of making and decorating pottery
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art of transferring designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surface
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.carving or engraving (especially on stones)
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art of making perfumes
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.creating figures or designs in three dimensions
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees
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A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a shee…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: japanese, folding, paper, shapes, representing.The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: japanese, folding, paper, shapes, representing.A paper unwritten; a paper without marks or characters a blank ballot; -- especially, a paper on which are to be inserted designated i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: japanese, folding, paper, shapes, representing.Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of pl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: japanese, folding, paper, shapes, representing.A doubling together or folding; a duplication.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: japanese, folding, paper, shapes, representing.An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, the convolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: japanese, folding, paper, shapes, representing.A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: japanese, folding, paper, shapes, representing.An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: japanese, folding, paper, shapes, representing.Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: japanese, folding, paper, shapes, representing.The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: japanese, folding, paper, shapes, representing.The division of Aves which includes all the typical birds, or all living birds except the penguins and birds of ostrichlike form.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: japanese, folding, paper, shapes, representing.A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, wh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: japanese, folding, paper, shapes, representing.A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: japanese, folding, paper, shapes, representing.One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: japanese, folding, paper, shapes, representing.The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or object…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: japanese, folding, paper, shapes, representing.A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: japanese, folding, paper, shapes, representing.One or more separate leaves inserted in a volume before binding; as: (a) A portion of the printed sheet in certain sizes of books whic…
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