enamel
The definition of an enamel is a smooth and glossy covering.
(noun)- An example of enamel is a smooth, shiny painted surface on metal.
- An example of enamel is the outside surface of a tooth.
Enamel is defined as to put a glossy coating on something.
(verb)An example of enamel is to put a hard, glossy paint on a surface.
See enamel in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a glassy, colored, opaque substance fused to surfaces of metals, glass, and pottery as an ornamental or protective coating
- any smooth, hard, glossy coating or surface like enamel
- the hard, white, glossy coating of the crown of a tooth
- anything enameled; enameled ware or a piece of jewelry, etc. produced in enamel
- paint that produces a smooth, hard, glossy surface when it dries
Origin: ME < the v.
transitive verb enameled or enamelled, enameling or enamelling
- to inlay or cover with enamel
- to decorate in various colors, as if with enamel
- to form an enamel-like surface on
Origin: ME enamelen < Anglo-Fr enamayller < en- (see en-) + amayl < OFr esmail, enamel < Gmc *smalts, a glaze, melted substance: for IE base see smelt
See enamel in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A vitreous, usually opaque, protective or decorative coating baked on metal, glass, or ceramic ware.
- An object having such a coating, as in a piece of cloisonné.
- A coating that dries to a hard glossy finish: nail enamel.
- A paint that dries to a hard glossy finish.
- Anatomy The hard, calcareous substance covering the exposed portion of a tooth.
- To coat, inlay, or decorate with enamel.
- To give a glossy or brilliant surface to.
- To adorn with a brightly colored surface.
Origin:
Origin: From Middle English enamelen, to put on enamel
Origin: , from Anglo-Norman enamailler
Origin: : en-, on (from Old French; see en-1)
Origin: + amail, enamel (from Old French esmail, of Germanic origin; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots)
.Related Forms:
- e·namˈel·er, e·namˈel·ist noun
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