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[ vuh -neer ] SHOW IPA
/ vəˈnɪər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood.
any of the thin layers of wood glued together to form plywood.
Building Trades . a facing of a certain material applied to a different one or to a type of construction not ordinarily associated with it, as a facing of brick applied to a frame house.
a superficially valuable or pleasing appearance: a cruel person with a veneer of kindliness.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used with object) to overlay or face (wood) with thin sheets of some material, as a fine wood, ivory, or tortoise shell.
to face or cover (an object) with any material that is more desirable as a surface material than the basic material of the object; revet.
to cement (layers of wood veneer) to form plywood.
to give a superficially valuable or pleasing appearance to.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of veneer 1695–1705; earlier fineering, faneering <German Fourni (e )rung, Furni (e )rung, equivalent to furni (e )ren to furnish (<French fournir ) + -ung -ing1
SYNONYMS FOR veneer 4 facade, front, show, mask, guise.
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OTHER WORDS FROM veneer ve·neer·er, noun un·ve·neered, adjective Words nearby veneer vendor placing, vendue, vene-, venectasia, venectomy, veneer , veneering, veneer patch, venenation, venene, venenose
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Example sentences from the Web for veneer But now that veneer is gone, and what remains is a callow man-child at odds with himself.
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Of course, the fact that Tris faces and eviscerates her own anxiety lends the simulation scene a veneer of victory and autonomy.
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Some of his preciousness is a veneer , however, for his fatalistic streak.
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But that veneer hides an inner drive so powerful that it risks turning on itself.
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Because without the veneer of the beauty products I had at xoJane, I am awful.
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He was passing the boundary which divides the old Adam, which is in every man, from the veneer of early training.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch | Ridgwell Cullum
His sons too travelled into every land as the bearers of the veneer called civilization.
The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer | Richard Clynton
In this process the brass is thin, and, like the ornamental wood or tortoise-shell, forms a veneer .
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 | Various
Number 37 was an old concrete-and-steel structure of the George VI period, faced with a veneer of red brick.
The Penal Cluster | Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)
It is used in cooperage, veneer work and for interior finish.
Studies of Trees | Jacob Joshua Levison
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British Dictionary definitions for veneer noun a thin layer of wood, plastic, etc, with a decorative or fine finish that is bonded to the surface of a less expensive material, usually wood
a superficial appearance, esp one that is pleasing a veneer of gentility
any facing material that is applied to a different backing material
any one of the layers of wood that is used to form plywood
verb (tr) to cover (a surface) with a veneer
to bond together (thin layers of wood) to make plywood
to conceal (something) under a superficially pleasant surface
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Derived forms of veneer veneerer , noun Word Origin for veneer C17: from German furnieren to veneer, from Old French fournir to furnish
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Words related to veneer layer, semblance, mask, gloss, coating, exterior, facade, guise, finish, leaf, covering, appearance, overlay, cover, surface, face, disguise, show, blanch, plate
Medical definitions for veneer n. A layer of tooth-colored material, usually porcelain or acrylic resin, attached to and covering the surface of a metal crown or natural tooth structure.
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