Term Gallery logo

Meanings of veneer in English

Russian
виниры
Portuguese
faceta estética
Spanish
carillas estéticas
Wikidata

Thin ceramic or resin coating for the teeth.

виниры
Portuguese
folheado
Catalan
xapatge

Coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood.

folheado
Synonyms
Examples for "veneering"
Examples for "veneering"
1
A piece of the veneering had been knocked off, completely disfiguring it.
Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper
2
Again, for an instant, Weldon could see the humanity beneath the veneering.
On the Firing Line
3
The saloon, or after-cabin, was finished in bird's-eye maple and satin wood veneering.
Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number ...
4
Single Raman spectra were distinguishable between Y-TZP and the veneering materials.
Pubmed
5
How well you have learned the art of veneering your character!
Honor Edgeworth; Or, Ottawa's Present Tense
Portuguese
verniz

An ornamental coating to a building.

verniz
Usage of veneer in English
1
The new covers conceal those innocent illustrations behind a glossy, stylised veneer.
The Guardian
2
They also tore into the dubious scientific veneer he'd given his report.
The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, a...
3
Was the Family's vision simply a pious veneer on business as usual?
The family: the secret fundamentalism at the heart of american p...
4
Her voice had suddenly, without warning, lost the veneer of easy humor.
Heart-shaped box
5
I thought it impossible for someone to break through your icy veneer.
The Secret of the Dread Forest: The Faire Folk Trilogy
6
But a veneer of acceptability has started to settle on the sector.
Reuters
7
The mere veneer of Christianity is fast fading off among the sects.
The Young Priest's Keepsake
8
But the King let this official veneer of the facts pass unregarded.
King John of Jingalo: The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties
9
But respect for the shining veneer of the case was not long-lived.
Jim Waring of Sonora-Town; Or, Tang of Life
10
Sorry, I mean, beneath the veneer of post-rock rebels with tortured hearts.
The Guardian
11
Gang warfare and underworld conflicts now had a veneer of government approval.
Discord's apple
12
A second time I glimpsed the Slav behind his veneer of civilization.
The Pirate of Panama: A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure
13
He's seated behind a wood-veneer desk in his basement in London, Ontario.
Wired
14
The false veneer of civilisation is peeling off at a great rate.
We of the Never-Never
15
The veneer of a spurious civilisation seemed to have fallen from him.
The Cinema Murder
16
Especially with Van Gaal's old veneer of self-confidence gradually beginning to evaporate.
Reuters
About this term
More collocations
Translations for veneer
Catalan
xapatge
Veneer through the time
Veneer across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common