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- Dictionaryveneer/vɪˈnɪə/
noun
- 1. a thin decorative covering of fine wood applied to a coarser wood or other material: "a fine-grained veneer"
- 2. a crown in which the restoration is placed over the prepared surface of a natural crown.
verb
- 1. cover (something) with a decorative layer of fine wood: "factories employed cabinetmakers to veneer looking glasses"
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VENEER definition: 1. a thin layer of decorative wood or plastic used to cover a cheaper material: 2. something that…. Learn more.
The meaning of VENEER is a thin sheet of a material. How to use veneer in a sentence.
Veneer is a thin layer of wood or plastic which is used to improve the appearance of something. The wood was cut into large sheets of veneer. It's also available in beech with oak veneer.
To overlay (a surface) with a thin layer of a fine or decorative material. 2. To glue together (layers of wood) to make plywood. 3. To conceal, as something common or crude, with a deceptively attractive outward show.
You know how some furniture looks like solid oak or maple until it gets chipped and reveals itself to be nothing more than some cheap particle-board covered with a thin layer of fancy wood? That thin layer is called a veneer.
VENEER meaning: 1. a thin layer of decorative wood or plastic used to cover a cheaper material: 2. something that…. Learn more.
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.
Veneer definition: A thin surface layer, as of finely grained wood, glued to a base of inferior material.
[countable, uncountable] a thin layer of wood or plastic that is stuck to the surface of cheaper wood with glue, especially on a piece of furniture. The chest is solid oak, not veneer. The chest is made of mahogany with a veneer of rosewood.
VENEER definition: 1. a thin layer of wood that covers a piece of furniture that is made of a cheaper material 2. a…. Learn more.
