noun

1. a glassy, colored, opaque substance fused to surfaces of metals, glass, and pottery as an ornamental or protective coating
2. any smooth, hard, glossy coating or surface like enamel
3. the hard, white, glossy coating of the crown of a tooth
4. anything enameled; enameled ware or a piece of jewelry, etc. produced in enamel
5. paint that produces a smooth, hard, glossy surface when it dries

Etymology: ME < the v.

transitive verb enameled -·eled or enamelled -·elled, enameling -·el·ing or enamelling -·el·ling

1. to inlay or cover with enamel
2. to decorate in various colors, as if with enamel
3. 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