Veneer Definition

və-nîr
veneers
noun
veneers
A thin surface layer of fine wood or costly material laid over a base of common material.
Webster's New World
Any of the thin layers glued together to form plywood.
Webster's New World
A decorative facing, as of brick.
American Heritage
Any attractive but superficial appearance or display.
A veneer of culture.
Webster's New World
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verb
veneers
To cover with a thin layer of more costly material; esp., to cover (wood) with wood of finer quality.
Webster's New World
To glue together (layers of wood) to make plywood.
American Heritage
To give a superficially attractive appearance to.
Webster's New World
To conceal, as something common or crude, with a deceptively attractive outward show.
American Heritage
(woodworking) To apply veneer.
To veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Veneer

Noun

Singular:
veneer
Plural:
veneers

Origin of Veneer

  • From German Furnier, from furnieren (“to inlay, cover with a veneer"), from French fournir (“to furnish, accomplish"), from Middle French fornir, from Old French fornir, furnir (“to furnish"), from Old Frankish *frumjan (“to provide"), from Proto-Germanic *frumjanÄ… (“to further, promote"). Cognate with Old High German frumjan, frummen (“to accomplish, execute, provide"), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform"). More at furnish.

    From Wiktionary

  • Alteration of obsolete faneering from German Furnierung from furnieren to furnish, veneer from French fournir to furnish from Old French furnir of Germanic origin per1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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