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 Definitions of Enamel  [ɪˈnæm əl]  

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Definition of 'Enamel' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) enamel
a glassy substance, usu. opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc., as an ornament or for protection.

2.  enamel
any of various varnishes, paints, coatings, etc., drying to a hard, glossy finish.

3.  enamel
an artistic work executed in enamel.

4.  enamel
the hard, glossy, calcareous covering of the crown of a tooth.

5. (v.t.) enamel
to inlay or overlay with enamel.

Etymology:  (1275–1325; ME < AF enameler, enamailler=en-en -1+-amaler, der. of asmal, esmal enamel, OF esmail (-al taken as the suffix -ail) < Frankish *smalt- something melted, c. OHG smalz fat; akin to smelt1; cf. smalto)

Definition of 'Enamel' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) enamel, tooth enamel
hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth

2. (noun) enamel
a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection

3. (noun) enamel
a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish

4. (verb) enamel
any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze

5. (verb) enamel
coat, inlay, or surface with enamel


Definition of 'Enamel' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Enamel
relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting

2. (verb) Enamel
a variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors

3. (verb) Enamel
a glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe

4. (verb) Enamel
that which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated

5. (verb) Enamel
the intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement

6. (verb) Enamel
to lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted

7. (verb) Enamel
to variegate with colors as if with enamel

8. (verb) Enamel
to form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth

9. (verb) Enamel
to disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion

10. (verb) Enamel
to practice the art of enameling


Definitions of 'Enamel' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  Enamel
a vitreous compound, easily fusible, and coloured in various tints by the admixture of different metallic oxides; is fused to the surface of metals for utility and ornament; was known to the European and Asiatic ancients, and has maintained its popularity to the present day. Various schools have been formed, of which the Byzantine, Rhenish, and Limoges are the most noted.


Translation of 'Enamel' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a variety of glass applied as coating to a metal or other surface and made hard by heating
This pan is covered with enamel; (

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: brandverf Arabic flag Arabic: طِلاء المينا (على الأواني Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: глазирам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: esmalte Czech flag Czech: email(ový) German flag German: das Email
Danish flag Danish: emalje; emalje-; lak; lak Greek flag Greek: σμάλτο Spanish flag Spanish: esmalte
Estonian flag Estonian: email Farsi flag Farsi: لعاب Finnish flag Finnish: emali
French flag French: (d'/en)émail Hebrew flag Hebrew: אֶמַייִל Hindi flag Hindi: तामचीनी मीना
Croatian flag Croatian: emajl Hungarian flag Hungarian: zománc Indonesian flag Indonesian: email
Icelandic flag Icelandic: glerungur Italian flag Italian: smalto Japanese flag Japanese: エナメル
Korean flag Korean: 에나멜 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: emalis Latvian flag Latvian: emalja; emaljēts
Malay flag Malay: bersalut Dutch flag Dutch: email Norwegian flag Norwegian: emalje
Polish flag Polish: emalia Persian flag Persian: لعاب Pashto flag Pashto: ځلا، مينا، روغنى رنګ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: esmalte Romanian flag Romanian: (de) smalţ/email Russian flag Russian: эмалировка
Slovak flag Slovak: email; emailový Slovenian flag Slovenian: emajl Serbian flag Serbian: emajl
Swedish flag Swedish: emalj Thai flag Thai: เคลือบ; ที่เคลือบผิว Turkish flag Turkish: emay, mine
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 搪瓷, 琺瑯 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: емаль; емальований Urdu flag Urdu: شیشے کی طرح کا ایک سخت رو
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: men Chinese flag Chinese: 搪瓷,瓷釉

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