Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A natural object or an artifact not originally intended as art, found and considered to have aesthetic value.
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- noun a
natural object, or onemanufactured for some otherpurpose , considered as awork of art
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Translation of French objet trouvé : objet, object + trouvé, past participle of trouver, to find.]
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A calque of French objet trouvé.
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