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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ve•neer /vəˈnɪr/USA pronunciation n. - Building, Furniture[uncountable] a thin layer of wood or other material for covering a surface of wood.
- an apparently good or pleasing appearance:[countable* usually singular]a veneer of respectability.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ve•neer (və nēr′),USA pronunciation n. - Building, Furniturea thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood.
- Building, Furnitureany of the thin layers of wood glued together to form plywood.
- Buildinga 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.
v.t. - Furnitureto overlay or face (wood) with thin sheets of some material, as a fine wood, ivory, or tortoise shell.
- Buildingto face or cover (an object) with any material that is more desirable as a surface material than the basic material of the object;
revet. - Building, Furnitureto cement (layers of wood veneer) to form plywood.
- to give a superficially valuable or pleasing appearance to.
- French fournir) + -ung -ing1
- German Fourni(e)rung, Furni(e)rung, equivalent. to furni(e)ren to furnish (
- earlier fineering, faneering 1695–1705
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged façade, front, show, mask, guise.
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