Veneer

/vəˈnɪə(ɹ)/

Synonyms for "veneer" (156 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Noun(9 words)

veneering appearance cloak coatcoat of paintcoating encrusting facade facades

appearance aspect asphalt board brick clapboard coat coating collop concrete cover covering cursoriness cut deal disguise disk enamel epidermis extenuate

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exteriority facade face

Strong matches (46)

facingfalse frontfeuille film finish flap foil fold front fur glass glaze glossgloss overguise lacquer lamella laminalaminated glasslaminated wood

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lap lath leaf mask material membranemere scratchmufflerno depth

Noun(14 words)

facing facingsflexible outer layergloss guises husk laminate laminates madera mantling mask masks masquerade misrepresent

Adjective(1 words)

japanned

Verb(1 words)

lacquered

Determiner(1 words)

most surfacing

Related words (78)

no wateroutward showpaint palliate pane panel paper patina peel pellicle pinprick plait plank plate plating ply plywood prettify rasher revet

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revetment rindsafety glassscale scratch scum semblance shake shallowness sheathe sheet shingle shoaliness show skin slab slat slate slice slightness stone sugarcoat superficiality superficies surface table tablet thatch tile triviality varnish waferwall inwall upwallpaper weatherboard white whiten whitewashwindow dressing

Noun(15 words)

obecheouter layer coatingoutsides overlay overlays patinas patine revetementromanian acoperisemblancessurface coveringsurface layersurfaces surfacing wood

Preposition(1 words)

on the surface

Adjective(2 words)

romanesque facadethick white coating

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5 relation types

More general

11 entries

appearanceappearance managementcoat coating cover covering deception facade layer surfacesurface finishing

More specific

8 entries

false frontglossing lamination maskingplastic veneerpolished imageveneeringwood veneer

Collocations

8 entries

bamboo veneerplastic veneersurface veneerthin veneerveneer layerveneer sheetveneer thicknesswood veneer

Inflections

3 entries

veneered veneering veneers

Derivations

4 entries

veneerage veneerer veneering veneerlike

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The veneer we call civilisation is only skin deep.

Source: tatoeba (9414212)

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.

Source: wiktionary

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