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fusuma

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fu⋅su⋅ma

[fyoo-suh-mah]
–noun
a sliding door in a Japanese house, esp. one serving as a room partition.

Origin:
1875–80; < Japn
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fu·su·ma   (fōō-sōō'mä)   
n.   pl. fusuma
A light, sliding partition of thick paper mounted in grooves on the floor and the ceiling of a Japanese house and moved into various positions to form rooms.

[Japanese.]
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