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1. (v.t.) inlay
to decorate (an object) with shaped pieces of contrasting material set in its surface.
2. inlay
to insert or apply (pieces of wood, ivory, metal, etc.) in the surface of an object.
3. (n.) inlay
inlaid work.
4. inlay
a layer of usu. fine material inserted in something else, esp. for ornament.
5. inlay
a design or decoration made by inlaying.
6. inlay
a tooth filling that is first shaped to fit a prepared cavity and then cemented into it.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) inlay
(dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place
2. (verb) inlay
a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface
3. (verb) inlay
decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) inlay
matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety
2. (verb) inlay
to lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, iviry, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions
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Sense: material set into the surface of eg a table to form a design
The top of the table had an inlay of ivory.
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 Afrikaans: inlegsel |
 Arabic: تَرْصيع |
 Bulgarian: инкруситация |
 Brazilian: embutido |
 Czech: vykládání; inkrustace |
 German: die Einlegearbeit |
 Danish: indlæg |
 Greek: διακοσμητικό υλικό πάνω σ |
 Spanish: taracea, incrustación |
 Estonian: inkrustatsioon |
 Farsi: تزیین خاتم کاری |
 Finnish: upotus |
 French: incrustation |
 Hebrew: חוֹמרֵי שִיבּוּץ |
 Hindi: जडा़ई करना |
 Croatian: umetanje |
 Hungarian: intarzia |
 Indonesian: lapisan |
 Icelandic: ígreypt skreyting |
 Italian: intarsio |
 Japanese: 象眼細工 |
 Korean: 상감 세공 재료 |
 Lithuanian: inkrustacija |
 Latvian: inkrustācija; mozaīka |
 Malay: bahan tatah dalam |
 Dutch: inlegwerk |
 Norwegian: innlagt arbeid |
 Polish: inkrustacja |
 Persian: تزیین خاتم کاری |
 Pashto: ښكلى كول، سينګار ول، ورق |
 Portuguese: embutido |
 Romanian: încrustaţie |
 Russian: инкрустация |
 Slovak: vykladanie; intarzia |
 Slovenian: intarzija |
 Serbian: intarzija |
 Swedish: inläggning |
 Thai: การฝัง |
 Turkish: kakma |
 Taiwanese: 鑲嵌 |
 Ukrainian: мозаїчна робота, інкруста |
 Urdu: کسی شے میں جڑنا |
 Vietnamese: lớp khảm |
 Chinese: 镶嵌 |
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