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Veneer

To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany. Used also figuratively.

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Coat 76% connected

An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Coating 76% connected

of Coat

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Facing 92% connected

of Face

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Veneering 92% connected

of Veneer

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Base noun · 78% connection

The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or decor…

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Bearer noun · 78% connection

A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal interspers…

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Block verb · 78% connection

A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high.

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Decorator noun · 78% connection

One who decorates, adorns, or embellishes; specifically, an artisan whose business is the decoration of houses, esp. their interior de…

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Engraving noun · 78% connection

The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of pro…

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Equipage noun · 78% connection

Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for…

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Exogen noun · 78% connection

A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: overlay, plate, thin, layer, wood.
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Finery noun · 78% connection

Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration; showy clothes; jewels.

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Finish noun · 78% connection

a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance); "the boat had a metallic finish"; "h…

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Finishing noun · 78% connection

a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance); "the boat had a metallic finish"; "h…

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Flake noun · 78% connection

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish.

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Frosting noun · 78% connection

A lusterless finish of metal or glass; the process of producing such a finish.

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Gastrula noun · 78% connection

double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner…

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Gild verb · 78% connection

To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.

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Glase verb · 78% connection

To incrust, cover, or overlay with a thin surface, consisting of, or resembling, glass; as, to glaze earthenware; hence, to render smo…

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Khaya noun · 78% connection

A lofty West African tree (Khaya Senegalensis), related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is us…

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Lamella noun · 78% connection

a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of…

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Lamina noun · 78% connection

A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.

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