Enameled
adj, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of enamel US, form-of, participle, past
- 1 Covered or coated with enamel (any sense)
"this must not be confounded with the mark of the tooth, which is entirely different; the mark being the outer, and the cavity the inner hole, and which is found in every young tooth not yet worn down to the kernel, which tooth consists merely of an enameled shell, filled during the life time of the animal with a thickish fluid , which by degrees becomes a grey matter."
- 2 Glossy, colorful and sleek.
"In her essays on diary in The Novel of the Future (1968), Nin articulates her case directly, connecting diary and other subjective modes to articulation that moves beyond the "slicker, glossier, the more enameled surface”: “the surface does not contain a key to authentic experience, the truth lies in what we feel and not in what we see" ."
Example
More examples"The house has exposed wood beams and enameled tile in the living and dining rooms."
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