Decoupage vs. Decouple

Decoupagenoun

An art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated

Decoupagenoun

An artwork made by this technique

Decoupageverb

To perform or use the art technique of decoupage.

Decoupagenoun

art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer

Decoupagenoun

the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with vanish or lacquer

Decoupage

Decoupage or découpage is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper cutouts onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf and other decorative elements. Commonly, an object like a small box or an item of furniture is covered by cutouts from magazines or from purpose-manufactured papers.

Decoupleverb

(ambitransitive) To unlink; to take or come apart.

Decoupleverb

To muffle the seismic waves of (a nuclear explosion) by performing it underground.

Decoupleverb

disconnect or separate;

Decoupleverb

regard as unconnected;

Decoupleverb

eliminate airborne shockwaves from (an explosive)

Decoupleverb

reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another)