The maple table had a beautiful walnut inlay, forming a floral pattern.
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Inlay
//ɪnˈleɪ//
Synonyms for "inlay" (43 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (21)
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1 entrieshas context
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7 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- инкрустация noun (material placed within another material as decoration.)
- пломба noun (dentistry: filling)
- запълвам verb (dentistry: to fill a tooth)
- инкрустирам verb (to place material)
Catalan
2 entries- incrustació noun (material placed within another material as decoration.)
- incrustar verb (to place material)
Dutch
3 entries- incrustatie noun (material placed within another material as decoration.)
- inlegsel noun (material placed within another material as decoration.)
- vulling noun (dentistry: filling)
Finnish
4 entries- paikka noun (dentistry: filling)
- upote noun (material placed within another material as decoration.)
- upotus noun (material placed within another material as decoration.)
- täyttää verb (dentistry: to fill a tooth)
French
3 entries- incrustation noun (material placed within another material as decoration.)
- incruster verb (to place material)
- incruster verb (dentistry: to fill a tooth)
German
1 entries- Plombe noun (dentistry: filling)
Japanese
2 entries- インレー verb (dentistry: to fill a tooth)
- 象嵌 verb (to place material)
Persian
1 entries- خاتم کاری noun (material placed within another material as decoration.)
Romanian
1 entries- incrustație noun (material placed within another material as decoration.)
Russian
4 entries- инкруста́ция noun (material placed within another material as decoration.)
- пломба noun (dentistry: filling)
- запломбировать verb (dentistry: to fill a tooth)
- инкрустировать verb (to place material)
Spanish
3 entries- incrustación noun (material placed within another material as decoration.)
- incrustación noun (dentistry: filling)
- incrustar verb (to place material)
Swedish
2 entries- inläggning noun (material placed within another material as decoration.)
- tandfyllning noun (dentistry: filling)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пломба noun (dentistry: filling)
West Makian
1 entries- fopotipoti verb (to place material)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
On the inlay card she had neatly printed the tracklist and drawn a heart.
Source: tatoeba (10808897)
She spent months obsessing about the tile inlay rather than dealing with the structural problems of the house.
Source: tatoeba (10913285)
The body of the Scriptures hath in it limbs taken from other bodies; and in the vvord of God, are the vvords of other men, other authors, inlaid & inſerted. But, this vvork is onely vvhere the Holy Ghoſt is the VVorkman: It is not for man to inſert, to inlay other vvords into the vvord of God.
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