origami Definition
ori·gami (ôr′ə gä′mē, ōr′-)
noun
- a traditional Japanese art of folding paper to form flowers, animals, etc.
- 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
Browse dictionary entries near origami
- ‹ orig
- ‹ oriflamme
- ‹ orifice
- ‹ orienteering
- ‹ orientation
- ‹ orientate
- ‹ Orientalize
- ‹ Orientalism
- ‹ Orientalia
- ‹ Oriental shorthair

