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(ɪnæməl)
Word forms: plural enamels
1. variable noun [oft NOUN noun]
Enamel is a substance like glass which can be heated and put onto metal, glass, or pottery in order to decorate or protect it.
...a white enamel saucepan on the oil stove.
...enamel baths.
2. variable noun [oft NOUN noun]
Enamel is a hard, shiny paint that is used especially for painting metal and wood.
...enamel polymer paints.
He relied on translucent enamels to produce vivid, glowing pictures.
3. uncountable noun
Enamel is the hard white substance that forms the outer part of a tooth.

enamel in British English

(ɪˈnæməl)
noun
1. 
a coloured glassy substance, translucent or opaque, fused to the surface of articles made of metal, glass, etc, for ornament or protection
2. 
an article or articles ornamented with enamel
3. 
an enamel-like paint or varnish
4. 
any smooth glossy coating resembling enamel
5.  another word for nail polish
6. 
the hard white calcified substance that covers the crown of each tooth
7. (modifier)
a. 
decorated or covered with enamel
an enamel ring
b. 
made with enamel
enamel paste
verbWord forms: -els, -elling, -elledWord forms: US -els, -eling or -eled (transitive)
8. 
to inlay, coat, or otherwise decorate with enamel
9. 
to ornament with glossy variegated colours, as if with enamel
10. 
to portray in enamel
Derived forms
enameller (eˈnameller) or enamellist (eˈnamellist), US enameler (eˈnameler) or enamelist (eˈnamelist)
noun
enamelwork (eˈnamelˌwork)
noun
Word origin
C15: from Old French esmail, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German smalz lard; see smelt1

enamel in American English

(ɛˈnæməl; ɪˈnæməl)
noun
1. 
a glassy, colored, opaque substance fused to surfaces of metals, glass, and pottery as an ornamental or protective coating
2. 
any smooth, hard, glossy coating or surface like enamel
3. 
the hard, white, glossy coating of the crown of a tooth
4. 
anything enameled; enameled ware or a piece of jewelry, etc. produced in enamel
5. 
paint that produces a smooth, hard, glossy surface when it dries
verb transitiveWord forms: enˈameled or enˈamelled, enˈameling or enˈamelling
6. 
to inlay or cover with enamel
7. 
to decorate in various colors, as if with enamel
8. 
to form an enamel-like surface on
Word origin
ME enamelen < Anglo-Fr enamayller < en- (see en-1) + amayl < OFr esmail, enamel < Gmc *smalts, a glaze, melted substance: for IE base see smelt1

Examples of 'enamel' in a sentence
enamel

For very damaged teeth, bonding is a process carried out by your dentist and involves painting enamel back on to the teeth where it has been lost.
The Sun (2016)
They weaken the tooth enamel and brushing too soon causes damage.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The cheerful room was panelled and framed in pine with a white enamel finish.
Eaton, John P & Haas, Charles A Titanic - Destination disaster (1987)
Researchers left a tooth in various drinks for an hour and measured the damage to surface enamel.
The Sun (2013)
They may also have dental problems such as a delay in teeth coming through or weak tooth enamel.
The Sun (2011)
They blame the rise on trendy diet drinks which are so acidic they strip the surface tooth enamel.
The Sun (2010)
It most commonly involves removing healthy enamel and tooth tissue so that veneers can be cemented to the front of the teeth.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Rub off any loose paint with wire wool, then touch up chips with enamel metal paint.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Its modest "effects," compact of enamel paint and ingenuity, spoke to him in the language just then sweetest to his ear.
Edith Wharton The House of Mirth (1905)

In other languages
enamel

British English: enamel /ɪˈnæməl/ NOUN
Enamel is a substance which can be heated and put onto metal in order to decorate or protect it.
...a white enamel saucepan.
  • American English: enamel
  • Arabic: مِيْنَاء
  • Brazilian Portuguese: esmalte
  • Chinese: 珐琅
  • Croatian: emajl
  • Czech: smalt
  • Danish: emalje
  • Dutch: email
  • European Spanish: esmalte
  • Finnish: emali
  • French: émail
  • German: Email
  • Greek: σμάλτο
  • Italian: smalto
  • Japanese: エナメル
  • Korean: 에나멜
  • Norwegian: emalje
  • Polish: emalia
  • European Portuguese: esmalte
  • Romanian: smalț
  • Russian: эмаль
  • Latin American Spanish: esmalte
  • Swedish: emalj
  • Thai: สิ่งเคลือบ
  • Turkish: emaye
  • Ukrainian: емаль
  • Vietnamese: men gốm

Chinese translation of 'enamel'

enamel

(ɪˈnæməl)

n

  1. (c/u) (for decoration) 搪瓷 (tángcí)
  2. (c/u) (also enamel paint) 瓷漆 (cíqī)
  3. (u) (on tooth) 珐(琺)琅(瑯)质(質) (fàlángzhì)
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