mache

or mâche

[ mahsh ]

noun

corn salad.

Origin of mache

1820–30; <French mâche, perhaps by apheresis (or by association with mâcher to chew) from dial. pomache, with same sense, perhaps <Vulgar Latin *pōmasca, derivative of Latin pōmum fruit

Words Nearby mache

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How to use mache in a sentence

Villa and Zapata looked on, smiling their papier mache smiles, sure they had seen something like this before.
Mexican Protesters Look to Start a New Revolution | Jason McGahan | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The rhinoceros, again looking pretty aimless and beaten down, was made—beautifully—of papier mache.
How to Catch a Depressed Gorilla, Japanese-Style | Tim Teeman | February 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Hee may also mache in a better howse then his; and so that feare is not worth the fearinge.
Great Ralegh | Hugh De Selincourt
Our papier-mache manufacturers, as well as the Continental ones, should go to Yeddo to learn what can be done with paper.
The Art of Travel | Francis Galton
One cap is of lacquered papier-mache in the form of a cow's hoof inverted.
The Critic in the Orient | George Hamlin Fitch

To all appearance, the room was entirely unfurnished, except that in the middle of it was a hideous papier mache screen.
The Tempting of Tavernake | E. Phillips Oppenheim
Stuff shell with tow to hold papier mache filling of limbs in place until dry.
Taxidermy | Leon Luther Pray

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