Maquette Definition

mă-kĕt
maquettes
noun
A small model of a planned sculpture, building, etc.
Webster's New World

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

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Other Word Forms of Maquette

Noun

Singular:
maquette
Plural:
maquettes

Origin of Maquette

  • French from Italian macchietta sketch diminutive of macchia spot from Latin macula

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French maquette.

    From Wiktionary

Maquette Sentence Examples

  • In this tutorial, I'll explore the process I use for creating a digital maquette from a design sketch.

  • The Courtauld gift will include the plaster maquette for this sculpture.

  • Each pair built a maquette about the theme " which is the way back home?

  • The clay maquette for this piece has unfortunately been lost.

  • This was presented in the form of a precise scale maquette placed in the context of an architectural model.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAQ

Words Ending With

ETETTE

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With M and Ending With E

Starts With M & Ends With EStarts With MA & Ends With EStarts With M & Ends With TE

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With M8 Letter Words Ending With E