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Definitions: REPOUSSE |
REPOUSSEAdjective1. Ornamented with patterns in relief made by pressing or hammering on the reverse side; -- said of thin metal, or of a vessel made of thin metal. 2. Formed in relief, as a pattern on metal. Noun1. Repousse work. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Convexity | Salient, in relief, raised, repousse; bloated; (expanded). |
Ornament | Pattern, diaper, powdering, paneling, graining, pargeting; detail; repousse (convexity); texture; richness; tracery, molding, fillet, listel, strapwork, coquillage, flourish, fleur-de-lis, arabesque, fret, anthemion; egg and tongue, egg and dart; astragal, zigzag, acanthus, cartouche; pilaster; (projection); bead, beading; champleve ware, cloisonne ware; frost work, Moresque, Morisco, tooling. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: REPOUSSE |
| Non-English Usage: "REPOUSSE" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (repels). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expression using "REPOUSSE": repousse work. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
repousse | 25 |
poils repousse | 5 |
cheveux des repousse | 4 |
kirk repousse | 2 |
repousse technique | 2 |
chasing repousse | 2 |
frame repousse | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "REPOUSSE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i vulosur (glued). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | релефно изработен метал, щампован метал, щампован (figured), изработен в релеф. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανάγλυφοσ, ανάγλυφο (anaglyph, bas relief, relief). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | domborított (embossed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epousseray рельефный (raised, salient, sculptured), штампованный. (various references) ponovo doći do poseda, opet uzeti u posed, opet dati u posed. (various references) relief-. (various references) kakma işi (damascening, inlaid work, inlay, marquetry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "REPOUSSE": repousses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: espouser. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-o-p-r-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: espouse, peruses, poseurs, reposes. | |
-2 letters: eposes, eroses, opuses, perses, peruse, posers, poseur, proses, purees, purses, repose, reuses, rouses, rupees, serous, speers, spores, spouse, sprees, sprues, supers, uprose. | |
-3 letters: erose, erses, euros, peers, perse, pesos, pores, poser, poses, posse, pours, prees, prese, press, prose, pross, puree, purse, puses, repos, reuse, ropes, roses, roues, roups. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-o-p-r-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: espousers, exposures, peloruses, proteuses, repousses, superegos, superpose. | |
+2 letters: outpressed, outpresses, overpluses, preciouses, prefocuses, presuppose, prosecutes, superposed, superposes, superstore. | |
+3 letters: aponeuroses, houseperson, persecutors, pestiferous, powerhouses, prefocussed, prefocusses, presupposed, presupposes, proestruses, profuseness, purposeless, reexposures, superegoist, superheroes, superimpose, supermodels, superorders, superoxides, superperson, superpowers, superstores, unprocessed, unprofessed, uredospores. | |
+4 letters: computereses, computerises, computerless, counterposes, counterspies, countersteps, geopressured, housekeepers, houseparents, housepersons, loudspeakers, obstreperous, overpressure, oversupplies, perilousness, persecutions, perviousness, porousnesses, porterhouses, postexposure, preciousness, preposterous, previousness, pronucleuses, prospectuses, repercussion, reupholsters, semiprecious, subprocesses, superbombers, supercargoes, superegoists, superimposed, superimposes, superpersons, superposable, supersensory, supersession, supersurgeon, superweapons, suspensories, underexposes, unresponsive, upholsterers, upholsteries, uprootedness, urediospores. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 45 50 4F 55 53 53 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . .--. --- ..- ... ... . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000101 01010000 01001111 01010101 01010011 01010011 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R E P O U S S E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0045 0050 004F 0055 0053 0053 0045 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5239504955535339 |
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