Definitions for cloisonne

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cloisonne cloi·son·né

Spelling: [kloi-zuh-ney; French klwa-zaw- Cloisonne is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 340 anagrams from letters in cloisonne (ceilnnoos).

Definitions for cloisonne

noun

1. enamelwork in which colored areas are separated by thin metal bands fixed edgewise to the ground.

adjective

1. pertaining to, forming, or resembling cloisonné or the pattern of cloisonné.

Origin of cloisonne

1860-65; French, equivalent to cloison partition (Old French Vulgar Latin *clausiōn-, stem of *clausiō; Latin claus(us) closed (see clause, cl

Examples for cloisonne

There were many flowers in the room—some in cloisonne vases, others in gimcrack vessels such as are bought at country fairs.

They continued along one of the lower galleries of this cloisonne factory, and came to a little bridge that spanned a vault.

And nothing, in my judgment, more clearly exhibits this union of taste and skill than the cloisonne work.