Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snare-picture

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: snare-pic-ture
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of artwork, introduced by Daniel Spoerri, in which objects found in chance positions (such as cutlery and crockery after a meal) are permanently fixed in those positions.

Etymology

Calque of French tableau-piège

Inflected Forms

snare-pictures (plural)

Questions

What does snare-picture mean?: A kind of artwork, introduced by Daniel Spoerri, in which objects found in chance positions (such as cutlery and crockery after a meal) are permanently fixed in those positions.
Where does snare-picture come from?: Calque of French tableau-piège

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