"Veneer" Definition

Definitions for the word "Veneer" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. t.
To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany. Used also figuratively.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
A thin leaf or layer of a more valuable or beautiful material for overlaying an inferior one, especially such a thin leaf of wood to be glued to a cheaper wood; hence, external show; gloss; false pretense.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
1 thin covering of fine wood etc. 2 (often foll. By of) deceptively pleasing appearance. v. 1 apply a veneer to (wood etc.). 2 disguise. [german furnieren to furnish]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
4. slang
the artificiality of society, conventionality. Dickens expressed his dislike for certain forms of VENEER repeatedly, and especially by means of his Veneerings in _Our Mutual Friend_.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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