papier-mâché

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a moldable material made from paper pulp or strips of paper mixed with glue or paste and hardened when dry

   The students built the theatrical masks from papier-mâché and painted them after they dried.

Borrowed from French papier mâché, literally "chewed paper": papier ("paper") + mâché, the past participle of mâcher ("to chew"). The name refers to paper reduced to pulp before being shaped and dried.

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