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Word: Cire_perdue
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
French, ‘lost wax’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌsɪə pəːˈdjuː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a method of bronze casting using a clay core and a wax coating placed in a mould. The wax is melted in the mould and drained out, and bronze poured into the space left, producing a hollow bronze figure when the core is discarded.
Short Definition:method of bronze casting using clay core
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