VENEER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does veneer mean? 

• VENEER (noun)
  The noun VENEER has 2 senses:

1. coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood

2. an ornamental coating to a building

  Familiarity information: VENEER used as a noun is rare.

• VENEER (verb)
  The verb VENEER has 1 sense:

1. cover with veneer

  Familiarity information: VENEER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENEER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

veneer; veneering

Hypernyms ("veneer" is a kind of...):

coat; coating (a thin layer covering something)

Derivation:

veneer (cover with veneer)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An ornamental coating to a building

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

facing; veneer

Hypernyms ("veneer" is a kind of...):

coat; coating (a thin layer covering something)

• VENEER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they veneer    ... he / she / it veneers   
Past simple: veneered   
Past participle: veneered   
-ing form: veneering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover with veneer

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

veneer the furniture to protect it

Hypernyms (to "veneer" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

veneer (coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood)

veneering (the act of applying veneer)

 Context examples 

On days when there was much steam to his cooking, the harvest of veneer from the bureau was unusually generous.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Mugridge’s face turned white under its sooty veneer, and when Wolf Larsen called for a rope and a couple of men, the miserable Cockney fled wildly out of the galley and dodged and ducked about the deck with the grinning crew in pursuit.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The table was flanked on one side by a gaudy bureau, manufactured for profit and not for service, the thin veneer of which was shed day by day.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)