marquetry, marqueterie
(noun) inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture
Source: WordNet® 3.1
marquetry (countable and uncountable, plural marquetries)
(uncountable, woodworking) A decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wood surface to form intricate designs.
(countable) An example of this work
Source: Wiktionary
Mar"quet*ry, n. Etym: [F. marqueterie, from marqueter to checker, inlay, fr. marque mark, sign; of German origin. See Mark a sign.]
Definition: Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, and the like, of several colors.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
