(~s)
1.
If you refer to the pleasant way that someone or something appears as a ~, you are critical of them because you believe that their true, hidden nature is not good.
His super-clean image gave a ~ 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 ~...
N-VAR