VENEER


Meaning of VENEER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ vɪnɪə(r) ]

( veneers)

1.

If you refer to the pleasant way that someone or something appears as a veneer , you are critical of them because you believe that their true, hidden nature is not good.

His super-clean image gave a veneer of respectability to the new professional set-up.

N-SING : usu with supp , oft N of n , adj N [ disapproval ]

2.

Veneer is a thin layer of wood or plastic which is used to improve the appearance of something.

The wood was cut into large sheets of veneer...

N-VAR

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