MAQUETTE

Etymology

Noun

maquette (plural maquettes)

A preliminary model or sketch used in preparation for making a sculpture.

Verb

maquette (third-person singular simple present maquettes, present participle maquetting, simple past and past participle maquetted)

(arts, ambitransitive, rare) To prepare a maquette (of).

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

11 January 2025

COWBERRY

(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

coffee icon