Veneer

Quick meaning: Veneer is a noun meaning A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.

Meaning

A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.

More Meanings

1. An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings, the veneer of culture.
2. (transitive, woodworking) To apply veneer to.
3. (transitive, figurative) To disguise with apparent goodness.

Example Sentences

to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany

The stateroom walls are veneered with finely figured English chestnut with the skirting and mouldings in English walnut.

“Yalda,” Dabashi says, “has managed to survive the centuries because it has been gently recodified with a Muslim veneer.”

Compartment and corridor partitions are of blockboard, with appropriate decorative veneers to suit the varied interior decoration.

Word Forms

• veneers
• veneering
• veneered

Synonyms for veneer

Depending on context, synonyms include facing, veneering.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include facing, plywood, varnish, coating, glaze, facade.

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