Enamel Definition
ĭ-năməl
enameled, enameling, enamelled, enamelling, enamels
noun
enamels
A glassy, colored, opaque substance fused to surfaces of metals, glass, and pottery as an ornamental or protective coating.
Webster's New World
Any smooth, hard, glossy coating or surface like enamel.
Webster's New World
The hard, white, glossy coating of the crown of a tooth.
Webster's New World
Anything enameled; enameled ware or a piece of jewelry, etc. produced in enamel.
Webster's New World
Paint that produces a smooth, hard, glossy surface when it dries.
Webster's New World
verb
enameled, enameling, enamelled, enamelling, enamels
To inlay or cover with enamel.
Webster's New World
To give a glossy or brilliant surface to.
American Heritage
To decorate in various colors, as if with enamel.
Webster's New World
To form an enamel-like surface on.
Webster's New World
To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.
To enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.
Wiktionary
Origin of Enamel
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From Anglo-Norman enamailler, from en- (“in-”)+ amailler (“to enamel”), variant of Old French esmailler (“to enamel”), from esmal (“enamel”), from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smaltjan (“to smelt”). Compare German schmelzen, Danish smelte (“to melt”).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English enamelen to put on enamel from Anglo-Norman enamailler en- on (from Old French en–1) amail enamel (from Old French esmail) (of Germanic origin mel-1 in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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