maquette

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
21
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/mæˈkɛt/

Definition of maquette

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A preliminary model or sketch used in preparation for making a sculpture.
    “His presence would be an affront to my body; so, for it, there would be the rare delight of extinguishing an imperfect and distressed version of itself, a prototype, a maquette.”
    “And I thought, if I can imagine this place in real life, I can build it in the studio and then paint from the maquette as if it were a real landscape. In terms of process this was a breakthrough for me[…]”
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noun

  1. A preliminary model or sketch used in preparation for making a sculpture.
    “His presence would be an affront to my body; so, for it, there would be the rare delight of extinguishing an imperfect and distressed version of itself, a prototype, a maquette.”
    “And I thought, if I can imagine this place in real life, I can build it in the studio and then paint from the maquette as if it were a real landscape. In terms of process this was a breakthrough for me[…]”

verb

  1. (ambitransitive, rare)To prepare a maquette (of).

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Etymology

Borrowed from French maquette.

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