marqueterie

HYPHEN

mar=que=te=rie

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun marqueterie has 1 sense

marqueterie(n = noun.artifact) marquetry - inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture;

is a kind of inlay

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CIDE DICTIONARY

marqueterie, n. [F. marqueterie, from marqueter to checker, inlay, fr. marque mark, sign; of German origin. See Mark a sign.].

Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, veneer, and the like, of several colors, fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture. [1913 Webster]