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veneer

noun
/vəˈnɪə(ɹ)/UK/vəˈnɪɹ/US

Etymology

From German Furnier, from furnieren (“to inlay, cover with a veneer”), from French fournir (“to furnish, accomplish”), from Middle French fornir, from Old French fornir, furnir (“to furnish”), from Old Frankish frumjan (“to provide”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan, frummen (“to accomplish, execute, provide”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at furnish.

  1. derived from *frumjaną✻
  2. derived from fornir
  3. derived from fornir
  4. derived from fournir
  5. derived from Furnier

Definitions

  1. A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or…

    A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.

    • Compartment and corridor partitions are of blockboard, with appropriate decorative veneers to suit the varied interior decoration.

  2. An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings, the…

    An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings, the veneer of culture.

    • “Yalda,” Dabashi says, “has managed to survive the centuries because it has been gently recodified with a Muslim veneer.”

  3. To apply veneer to.

    • to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany
    • The stateroom walls are veneered with finely figured English chestnut with the skirting and mouldings in English walnut.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To disguise with apparent goodness.

      • [O]ne / Discuss'd his tutor, rough to common men / But honeying at the whisper of a lord; / And one the Master, as a rogue in grain / Veneer'd with sanctimonious theory.
      • The currently advocated Family Protection Act, which thinly veneers its discriminatory attitudes about strict social conformity and the disallowance of individual choice with a stated concern for today's social fabric.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA