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veneer

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ve·neer  (v-nîr)
n.
1. A thin surface layer, as of finely grained wood, glued to a base of inferior material.
2. Any of the thin layers glued together to make plywood.
3. A decorative facing, as of brick.
4. A deceptive, superficial show; a façade: a veneer of friendliness.
tr.v. ve·neered, ve·neer·ing, ve·neers
1. To overlay (a surface) with a thin layer of a fine or decorative material.
2. To glue together (layers of wood) to make plywood.
3. To conceal, as something common or crude, with a deceptively attractive outward show.

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

ve·neerer n.

veneer
Noun
1. a thin layer of wood or plastic used to cover the surface of something made of cheaper material
2. a deceptive but convincing appearance: nobody penetrated his veneer of modest charm [Old French fournir to furnish]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.veneerveneer - coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood
coating, coat - a thin layer covering something; "a second coat of paint"
2.veneer - an ornamental coating to a building
coating, coat - a thin layer covering something; "a second coat of paint"
Verb1.veneer - cover with veneer; "veneer the furniture to protect it"
cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"

veneer
noun 1. mask, show, façade, front, appearance, guise, pretence, semblance, false front
Translations
veneer [vəˈnɪəʳ] nchapa, enchapado;
(fig) → barniz m
veneer [vəˈnɪəʳ] nplacage m de bois (fig); vernis m
veneer [vəˈnɪəʳ] n (on furniture) → Furnier nt (fig); Anstrich m
veneer [vəˈnɪəʳ] nimpiallacciatura;
(fig) → vernice f


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The table was flanked on one side by a gaudy bureau, manufactured for profit and not for service, the thin veneer of which was shed day by day.
His civilization was at best but an outward veneer which he gladly peeled off with his uncomfortable European clothes whenever any reasonable pretext presented itself.
When necessity demanded, Tarzan of the Apes sloughed the thin veneer of his civilization and with it the hampering apparel that was its badge.
 
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