passe-partout

Noun
Synonyms: passkeymaster keymaster

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. key that secures entrance everywhereSynonyms: passkeymaster keymaster
  2. a mounting for a picture using gummed tape
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

passe-partout \passe`-par`tout"\, Passe partout \Passe" par`tout"\(p[aum]s` p[aum]r`t[=oo]"), n. [F., from passer to pass + partout everywhere.]

1.That by which one can pass anywhere; a safe-conduct. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

2.A master key; a latchkey. [WordNet sense 1] [1913 Webster]

3.A light picture frame or mat of cardboard, wood, or the like, usually put between the picture and the glass, and sometimes serving for several pictures. [1913 Webster]

4.A strip of adhesive paper or gummed tape used to mount a picture between a piece of glass and a backing. [WordNet sense 2] [WordNet 1.5]

5.The method of mounting a picture between a piece of glass and a backing, using a passe-partout[4]. [PJC]

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