MEANING
Decoration formed by fitting contrasting pieces of veneer into a design on furniture or another surface.
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- marquetry cabinet
- intricate marquetry
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The marquetry cabinet held nothing but a folded mourning ribbon.
Intricate marquetry mapped flowers across the table's damaged lid.
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- marquetry
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Forms: Usually uncountable; plural marquetries for kinds or works. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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