veneer
11veneer — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ thin VERB + VENEER ▪ acquire, add ▪ maintain ▪ peel away, peel back …
12Veneer — A veneer is a thin covering over another surface. More specifically, it may refer to:*Wood veneer, a term used in architecture and woodworking *Veneer, a single wythe of brick *Veneer (dentistry), a thin layer of dental restorative material… …
13veneer — The thin slice of a material often of a rare and expensive material applied, generally with an adhesive, but also (and sometimes only) with pins, to a surface of a humbler material. Ebony, rosewood, tulipwood and other exotic woods are more… …
14veneer — [[t]vɪnɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] veneers 1) N SING: usu with supp, oft N of n, adj N (disapproval) If you refer to the pleasant way that someone or something appears as a veneer, you are critical of them because you believe that their true, hidden nature is… …
15veneer — veneerer, n. /veuh near /, n. 1. a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood. 2. any of the thin layers of wood glued together to form plywood. 3. Building Trades. a facing of a certain material applied to a different one… …
16veneer — ve|neer [vıˈnıə US ˈnır] n [Date: 1700 1800; : German; Origin: furnier, from furnieren to veneer , from French fournir; FURNISH] 1.) [U and C] a thin layer of wood or plastic that covers the surface of a piece of furniture made of cheaper… …
17veneer — 1 noun 1 (C, U) a thin layer of good quality wood that covers the outside of a piece of furniture which is made of a cheaper material: walnut veneer 2 a veneer of formal behaviour that hides someone s real character or feelings: a veneer of self… …
18veneer — I. noun Etymology: German Furnier, from furnieren to veneer, from French fournir to furnish, equip more at furnish Date: 1702 1. a thin sheet of a material: as a. a layer of wood of superior value or excellent grain to be glued to an inferior… …
19veneer — [17] Veneer is ultimately the same word as furnish. Both come from Old French fournir, but veneer was routed via German, which borrowed fournir as furniren. The verbal noun derived from this, furnirung, was borrowed into English as faneering in… …
20veneer — UK [vəˈnɪə(r)] / US [vəˈnɪr] noun Word forms veneer : singular veneer plural veneers 1) [countable/uncountable] a thin layer of wood or plastic that covers something made of a cheap material and improves its appearance 2) [singular] a pleasant… …
