Veneer

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Veneer \Ve*neer"\, n. [Cf. G. furnier or fournier. See {Veneer},
     v. t.]
     A thin leaf or layer of a more valuable or beautiful material
     for overlaying an inferior one, especially such a thin leaf
     of wood to be glued to a cheaper wood; hence, external show;
     gloss; false pretense.


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     {Veneer moth} (Zool.), any moth of the genus {Chilo}; -- so
        called because the mottled colors resemble those of
        veneering.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Veneer \Ve*neer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Veneered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Veneering}.] [G. furnieren, fourniren, fr. F. fournir to
     furnish. See {Furnish}.]
     To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other
     material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a
     piece of furniture with mahogany. Used also figuratively.
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           As a rogue in grain
           Veneered with sanctimonious theory.      --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  veneer
       n 1: coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to
            a base of inferior wood [syn: {veneering}]
       2: an ornamental coating to a building [syn: {facing}]
       v : cover with veneer; "veneer the furniture to protect it"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  105 Moby Thesaurus words for "veneer":
     appearance, aspect, board, brick, clapboard, coat, coating, collop,
     cover, covering, cursoriness, cut, deal, disguise, disk, enamel,
     epidermis, extenuate, exteriority, facade, face, facing,
     false front, feuille, film, finish, flap, foil, fold, front, fur,
     glass, glaze, gloss, gloss over, guise, lacquer, lamella, lamina,
     laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, lath, leaf, mask, membrane,
     mere scratch, no depth, no water, outward show, paint, pane, panel,
     paper, patina, peel, pellicle, pinprick, plait, plank, plate,
     plating, ply, plywood, rasher, revet, revetment, rind,
     safety glass, scale, scratch, scum, shake, shallowness, sheathe,
     sheet, shingle, shoaliness, show, skin, slab, slat, slate, slice,
     slightness, stone, sugarcoat, superficiality, superficies, surface,
     table, tablet, thatch, tile, triviality, varnish, wafer, wall in,
     wall up, wallpaper, weatherboard, white, whiten, whitewash,
     window dressing