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veneer noun. E18.
[German Furnier, Fournier: see VENEER verb and VENEERING.]
Any of the thin layers or slips of fine or decorative wood or other facing material applied or bonded to another coarser material, esp. wood. Also, any of the layers of wood used to form plywood. E18.
Material prepared for use in veneering, or applied to a surface by this or a similar process. M18.
Country Homes Such selected wood veneers as..Limed Oak and Black or White Ash.
Entomology. Any of several small European pyralid moths, esp. of the genera Acentria and Nomophila. E19.
fig. A misleading outward appearance of an attractive or commendable quality. Freq. foll. by of. M19.
Aldous Huxley A veneer of jaunty self-confidence thinly concealed his nervousness. S. Brett Her voice had..lost its elocuted veneer.
Dentistry. In full veneer crown. A crown in which the restoration is placed over the prepared surface of a natural crown. E20.