The veneer we call civilisation is only skin deep.
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Veneer
//vəˈnɪə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "veneer" (116 found)
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6 entriesetymologically related_to
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4 entriesTranslations
119 translations across 34 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- облицовка noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- фурнир noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- фурнировам verb (to apply veneer)
Catalan
4 entries- fullola noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- vernís noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- envernissar verb (to apply veneer)
- recobrir verb (to apply veneer)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 飾面 /饰面 noun (thin covering of fine wood)
Czech
4 entries- dýha noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- fasáda noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- vnější lesk noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- vnější nátěr noun (covering or disguising appearance)
Danish
2 entries- finer noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- finere verb (to apply veneer)
Dutch
1 entries- fineer noun (thin covering of fine wood)
Esperanto
2 entries- furniro noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- plaki verb (to apply veneer)
Finnish
3 entries- julkisivu noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- viilu noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- viiluttaa verb (to apply veneer)
French
4 entries- placage noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- revêtement noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- vernis noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- vernir verb (to apply veneer)
Georgian
4 entries- გარეგნობის მიცემა noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- დაფარვა noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- სარკალა noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- ფანერა noun (thin covering of fine wood)
German
4 entries- Fassade noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- Furnier noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- Verblendung noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- furnieren verb (to apply veneer)
Greek
4 entries- επίφαση noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- επίχρισμα noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- επικόλλημα noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- επικόλλημα noun (covering or disguising appearance)
Hebrew
1 entries- פורניר noun (thin covering of fine wood)
Hindi
3 entries- दिखावा noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- नुमाइश noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- परत noun (thin covering of fine wood)
Hungarian
4 entries- felszín noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- furnér noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- furnérlemez noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- küllem noun (covering or disguising appearance)
Irish
1 entries- veinír noun (thin covering of fine wood)
Italian
4 entries- copertura noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- dissimulazione noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- facciata noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- impiallacciatura noun (thin covering of fine wood)
Macedonian
3 entries- фурнир noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- обложи verb (to apply veneer)
- фурнира verb (to apply veneer)
Manx
3 entries- aachoodagh noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- aachrackan noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- cur aachrackan er verb (to apply veneer)
Māori
1 entries- papa tīhore noun (thin covering of fine wood)
Norwegian
2 entries- ferniss noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- finér noun (thin covering of fine wood)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- finere verb (to apply veneer)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یالدزلامق verb (to disguise with apparent goodness)
Persian
1 entries- روکش روکش چوبی noun (thin covering of fine wood)
Polish
1 entries- fornir noun (thin covering of fine wood)
Portuguese
4 entries- folheado noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- laminado noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- lâmina de madeira noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- folhear verb (to apply veneer)
Romanian
1 entries- furnir noun (thin covering of fine wood)
Russian
4 entries- ви́димость noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- вне́шний лоск noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- налёт noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- односло́йная фане́ра noun (thin covering of fine wood)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- furnir noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- oplatica noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- оплатица noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- фурнир noun (thin covering of fine wood)
Slovak
1 entries- dyha noun (thin covering of fine wood)
Spanish
4 entries- barniz noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- chapa noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- chapa de madera noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- chapeado noun (thin covering of fine wood)
Swedish
4 entries- faner noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- fasad noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- fernissa noun (covering or disguising appearance)
- fanera verb (to apply veneer)
Turkish
4 entries- ahşap kaplama noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- ağaç kaplama noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- kaplama noun (thin covering of fine wood)
- kaplama tahtası noun (thin covering of fine wood)
Welsh
1 entries- argaen noun (thin covering of fine wood)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Augustus kept only the veneer of the Republic while effectively making himself into a king.
Source: tatoeba (9564444)
The Bolsheviks disempowered the workers' councils, replacing them with direct Bolshevik rule under the veneer of council rule.
Source: tatoeba (10158736)
Compartment and corridor partitions are of blockboard, with appropriate decorative veneers to suit the varied interior decoration.
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