enamel Definition
en·amel (e nam′əl, i-)
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
Etymology: ME < the v.
transitive verb -·eled or -·elled, -·el·ing or -·el·ling
- to inlay or cover with enamel
- to decorate in various colors, as if with enamel
- to form an enamel-like surface on
Etymology: ME enamelen < Anglo-Fr enamayller < en- (see en-) + amayl < OFr esmail, enamel < Gmc *smalts, a glaze, melted substance: for IE base see smelt
enamel Synonyms
enamel
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enamel Synonyms
enamel
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enamel Usage Examples
Object
- ware: The company became one of the two largest makers of black enameled ware in the country.
- plaque: It is a four sided obelisk made from Portland stone with Bronze and enamel plaques on all four sides of the base.
Converse of object
- gloss: Ceramic tile, stainless steel, or sheetrock painted with high gloss enamel meet this requirement.
- dissolve: The plaque reacts with food, turning sugar into acid, which then dissolves the enamel on your teeth.
- erode: She will not see their eroding tooth enamel, or their ulcers, the dehydration or electrolyte imbalance.
Adjective modifier
- vitreous: Your smooth bottom electric kettle uses vitreous enamel in the manufacture of the heating element.
- rodless: The contents of O and Mg were lowest in the thick rodless enamel of the surface layer, and highest in the deep layer.
- translucent: The base of the box is decorated with a floral cluster reserved in gold and translucent enamel.
- colored: These cloisons were then filled with colored enamel which was fired to fuse the enamel to the metal.
- dental: The development and mineralization of dental enamel are areas of active research and debate and are discussed in detail in this volume.
- thick: But the front door stuck, glued shut with thick crimson enamel.
Modifies a noun
- hypoplasia: Systematic analysis of dental remains focuses on caries, ante-mortem tooth loss, abcesses, calculus, and enamel hypoplasias.
- brooch: Finds include imported pottery, Roman coins and an enamel brooch which suggests there was considerable wealth in the area.
- badge: A special limited edition of enamel badges is commissioned for the awards, based on the school shield.
- prism: Within each tooth the enamel prisms radiate out, at right angles to the dentine core.
- projection: The shape of enamel rod sections of all layers composing the enamel projection was distorted.
- jug: He just roamed the room with a white half gallon enamel jug topping up glasses.
Noun used with modifier
- porcelain: Years later, the artist wrote, In 1922 I ordered by telephone from a sign factory five paintings in porcelain enamel.
- tooth: Tooth enamel analysis proved they could not have been brought up in the local chalk area.
- stove: The blades are precision machine ground and the assembly is finished with an attractive blue stove enamel.
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