VENEER


Meaning of VENEER in English

— veneerer , n.

/veuh near"/ , n.

1. a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood.

2. any of the thin layers of wood glued together to form plywood.

3. Building Trades. a facing of a certain material applied to a different one or to a type of construction not ordinarily associated with it, as a facing of brick applied to a frame house.

4. a superficially valuable or pleasing appearance: a cruel person with a veneer of kindliness.

v.t.

5. to overlay or face (wood) with thin sheets of some material, as a fine wood, ivory, or tortoise shell.

6. to face or cover (an object) with any material that is more desirable as a surface material than the basic material of the object; revet.

7. to cement (layers of wood veneer) to form plywood.

8. to give a superficially valuable or pleasing appearance to.

[ 1695-1705; earlier fineering, faneering Fourni ( e ) rung, Furni ( e ) rung, equiv. to furni ( e ) ren to FURNISH ( fournir ) + -ung -ING 1 ]

Syn. 4. façade, front, show, mask, guise.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .