Definitions for veneervəˈnɪər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ve•neervəˈnɪər(n.)
a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood.
Category: Building Trades, Furniture
any of the thin layers of wood glued together to form plywood.
Category: Building Trades, Furniture
a facing of a certain material applied to a different one or to a type of construction not ordinarily associated with it.
Category: Building Trades
a superficially good or pleasing appearance:
a thief with a veneer of respectability.
(v.t.)to overlay or face (wood) with thin sheets of some material, as a fine wood, ivory, or tortoiseshell.
Category: Furniture
to face or cover (an object) with a more desirable material than the existing basic one.
Category: Building Trades
to cement (layers of wood veneer) to form plywood.
Category: Building Trades, Furniture
to give a superficially good or pleasing appearance to.
Origin of veneer:
1695–1705; < G Fourni(e)rung, Furni(e)rung=furni(e)ren to furnish (< F fournir) +-ung -ing1
Princeton's WordNet
veneer, veneering(noun)
coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood
facing, veneer(verb)
an ornamental coating to a building
veneer(verb)
cover with veneer
"veneer the furniture to protect it"
Wiktionary
veneer(Noun)
A thin decorative covering of fine wood applied to coarser wood or other material.
veneer(Noun)
An attractive appearance that covers or disguises true nature or feelings.
veneer(Verb)
To apply veneer.
Origin: From Furnier, from furnieren, from fournir, from fornir, from fornir, furnir, from Old *, from frumjanan. Cognate with frumjan, frummen, fremian. More at furnish.
Webster Dictionary
Veneer(verb)
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
Veneer(verb)
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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