origami
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Definition of origami
: the Japanese art or process of folding squares of paper into representational shapes
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Photography Exhibit: Hakone Gardens presents an exhibit of imaginative scenes, including origami and temari, by Russ Kumai and Carol Cameron. — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, "West Valley calendar of events for the week of Aug. 30," 30 Aug. 2019 Growing up, Boris Gramajo loved creating origami and making pieces of paper come to life. — Peter Marteka, courant.com, "A Glastonbury high grad has talent and artistic passion. Now he’s headed to a prestigious art school thanks to the local community," 19 Aug. 2019 Conceived as an amenity that would be bookended by two residential towers — Chicago developer Dan McLean built only one of them, to the west — the park consisted of sloping surfaces that resembled folds in a piece of origami. — Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, "The dull blocks west of Navy Pier get an engaging park: Will it be loved to death?," 31 July 2019 Think of different uses for paper—from writing to origami to food uses. — Scientific American, "Put Edible Paper to the Test," 18 July 2019 There are arts and crafts booths where guests can make origami and create different types of kazari, a scavenger hunt and an anime bon-odori lesson with the members of the Buddhist Temple of San Diego. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Japanese Friendship Garden hosts inaugual Tanabata, festival of star-crossed lovers," 4 July 2019 Faceted like origami, aerials pointed in various directions, much of it was wrapped in gold foil to deal with thermal issues, obscuring its hard-to-follow lines yet further. — Oliver Morton, WIRED, "The Beauty and Madness of Sending a Man to the Moon," 4 June 2019 Last year, Rothemund's Caltech colleague Lulu Qian introduced a cheap means of getting DNA origami to assemble itself into large arrays. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Caltech scientists use DNA tiles to play tic-tac-toe at the nanoscale," 29 Dec. 2018 And judging by the ombré origami dress that Kelsey Lu wore onstage there last year, the dress code is just as progressive as the project’s conceit. — Vogue, "Forget Coachella: These Far-Flung Alternatives Are Pushing Festival Style Forward," 9 Mar. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'origami.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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origami
noun
English Language Learners Definition of origami
: the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes that look like birds, animals, etc.
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origami
noun
ori·ga·mi
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Kids Definition of origami
: the art of folding paper into three-dimensional figures or designs without cutting the paper or using glue