Thesaurus: cloisonne

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1. a. Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champleve enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel.
2. adj. (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired
3. n. enamelware in which colored areas are separated by thin metal strips
4. Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champlevé enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel. S. Wells Williams.
5. Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lineswhich divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kindof metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champlevéenamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive theenamel. S. Wells Williams.
6. n:100 n. enamelware in which colored areas are separated by thin metal strips