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origami Definition

ori·gami (ôr′ə gämē, ōr′-)

noun

  1. a traditional Japanese art of folding paper to form flowers, animals, etc.
  2. an object so made

Etymology: Jpn

origami Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • learn: Started learning origami from her grandmother at pre-school age in Tokyo.
  • do: She told me she used to love doing Origami, and that she used to have a colorful collection of paper folded animals.
  • use: Cubes are by far the easiest three-dimensional forms to create using modular origami.
  • fold: Try a little puzzling origami: fold an origami square exactly six times to create the shape of a house.
  • make: I need to get back to making origami to explore shape, designing egg containers and constructing models using chick peas and cocktail sticks.

Preposition: in

era: Yoshizawa's influence on the development of origami in the modern era ( since the 1950's ) cannot be over-estimated.

Adjective modifier

  • modular: Paul Jackson's Cube is one of the truly great designs of modular origami.
  • Japanese: Face painting Japanese origami Quilting, photography and art exhibitions.
  • exploratory: Geometric origami is often produced as a by-product of exploratory origami.
  • functional: Craft origami can be divided into representational, abstract, play and functional origami.
  • little: Try a little puzzling origami: fold an origami square exactly six times to create the shape of a house.

Modifies a noun

  • ride: He has agreed to organize an Origami Ride starting from Crewe Station sometime next year.
  • puzzle: However, in general, origami puzzles can be divided into four main types.
  • kit: Started the origami kit she got at the tate modern, neede Chris's assistance with the instructions tho!
  • device: Samsung is expected to launch its first Origami device on 1 May.
  • bird: It may be a paper offering horse, a good wishes origami bird, an origami box from waste paper or even ghost money.
  • paper: You can scroll down the page to print out some colorful origami paper too.

Noun used with modifier

  • craft: The reproduction part of craft origami is not a sterile process.
  • model-making: The folding of such models is a type of model-making origami.
  • unit: Title: MM's Modular Mania Comment: Includes internal links to ten simple unit origami Cubes.