Thesaurus: veneer

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1. v. t. 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.
2. v. t. A thin leaf or layer of a more valuable or beautiful material for overlaying an inferior one, especially such a thin leaf of wood to be glued to a cheaper wood; hence, external show; gloss; false pretense.
3. n. coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood
4. n. an ornamental coating to a building
5. v. cover with veneer
6. 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. As a rogue in grain Veneered with sanctimonious theory. Tennyson. A thin leaf or layer of a more valuable or beautiful material for overlaying an inferior one, especially such a thin leaf of wood to be glued to a cheaper wood; hence, external show; gloss; false pretense. Veneer moth (Zoöl.), any moth of the genus Chilo; -- so called because the mottled colors resemble those of veneering.
7. To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other materialfor outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniturewith mahogany. Used also figuratively.As a rogue in grain Veneered with sanctimonious theory. Tennyson.
8. v:3/n:97 n. coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood v. cover with veneer