Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell
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Examples
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Maya Romanoff This wallcover from Maya Romanoff has genuine capiz shell tiles, inlaid by hand.
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Maya Romanoff This wallcover from Maya Romanoff has genuine capiz shell tiles, inlaid by hand.
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I am totally in love with capiz shell chandeliers.
Fuse Lighting 2007
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Semi precious stones and capiz shell are some of their materials.
Fuse Lighting 2007
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Other lighting “assemblages” are crafted from clusters of small parts, such as flower petals made out of hand-cut capiz shells.
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Other lighting "assemblages" are crafted from clusters of small parts, such as flower petals made out of hand-cut capiz shells.
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I also thought about draping strands of capiz shells down the tables (and wonder if these would be easy to make?).
Weddingbee 2009
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Whenever the old Manila is revisited, a lot of memories come to fore-from colonial buildings of brick, adobe, kamagong and capiz to horse-drawn calesas on cobblestone streets.
unknown title 2009
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Whenever the old Manila is revisited, a lot of memories come to fore-from colonial buildings of brick, adobe, kamagong and capiz to horse-drawn calesas on cobblestone streets.
unknown title 2009
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I have never seen European-style red brick walls, distinctly Filipino capiz windows, and native bamboo and nipa accents blended in such architectural harmony.
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