veneer

(və-nîr')

1. A thin surface layer, as of finely grained wood, glued to a base of inferior material.
2. Any of the thin layers glued together to make plywood.
3. A decorative facing, as of brick.
4. A deceptive, superficial show; a façade: a veneer of friendliness.

1. To overlay (a surface) with a thin layer of a fine or decorative material.
2. To glue together (layers of wood) to make plywood.
3. To conceal, as something common or crude, with a deceptively attractive outward show.

[Alteration of obsolete faneering, from German Furnierung, from furnieren, to furnish, veneer, from French fournir, to furnish, from Old French furnir, of Germanic origin.]

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A thin sheet of wood of uniform thickness produced by peeling, slicing, or sawing. Depending on the manner of production and the portion of wood from which a veneer is made, the grain may be flat, vertical, or biased. Most veneer is rotary-cut from a bolt of wood, called a flitch, centered in chucks of a lathe. A nose bar bears against the flitch parallel to the center line of the lathe and a knife, also extending nearly the length of the lathe, peels off the veneer. Knives near the ends of the flitch cut the edges of the veneer.

Veneers cut from selected hardwoods, burls, crotches, and stumps are used for facings on furniture and the interior decoration of buildings. Other uses of veneer include plate separators in storage batteries, boxes for fruit and vegetables, drums for cheeses, and crates, hampers, and baskets for transportation and storage. Most veneer is used in plywood panels. See also Plywood; Wood products.

noun

A deceptive outward appearance: cloak, color, coloring, cover, disguise, disguisement, façade, face, false colors, front, gloss, guise, mask, masquerade, pretense, pretext, semblance, show, veil, window-dressing. Slang put-on. See show/hide.

verb

To give a deceptively attractive appearance to: color, gild, gloss (over), gloze (over), sugarcoat, varnish, whitewash. Idioms: paper over, put a good face on. See true/false.

Definition: pretence, front
Antonyms: reality

v

Definition: cover, overlay
Antonyms: strip, uncover

1. A thin sheet of wood that has been sliced, rotary-cut, or sawn from a log; often used as the top one of several layers of plywood serving as a facing that is bonded to a less attractive wood, or as facing on a fire-rated material.
2. An outside wall facing of brick, stone, etc.; provides a decorative, durable surface but is not load-bearing.
3. See brick veneer.

Peeled or sliced thin sheets of wood used as inner plys or as decorative faces.

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In the construction of crowns or pontics, a layer of tooth-colored material, usually porcelain or acrylic resin, attached to the surface by direct fusion, cementation, or mechanical retention.

• Cuts, Sizes, Treatments, and Forms of Wood - veneer: thin sheets of wood assembled in layers into plywood
• Surfaces and Finishing Materials - veneer: thin overlay of finishing material, esp. wood, on base of another material
• Building Construction and Design - veneer: facing one material with another finishing surface
• Falsehood, Pretense, and Exaggeration - veneer: superficial, deceptively pleasing appearance

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A veneer is a thin covering over another surface. More specifically, it may refer to:

• Wood veneer, a term used in architecture and woodworking
• Masonry veneer, a layer of veneer masonry such as bricks or stone used as building cladding and not imparting any structural strength to the wall
• Stone veneer, manufactured stones
• Flexible stone veneer, a flexible stone covering
• Veneer, a single wythe of brick
• Veneer (dentistry), a thin layer of dental restorative material
• Veneer (album), José González's debut album
• Veneer theory, a term coined by Frans de Waal

See also

• Vernier (disambiguation)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fernis, politur, skal, finér
v. tr. - finere, dække, pynte på

Nederlands (Dutch)
fineer, dun (hout) laagje, versierende/ bedekkende laag, uiterlijke schijn/glans, fineren, met een dun laagje bedekken ter decoratie, verbergen door uiterlijke schijn

Français (French)
n. - plaquage, (fig) vernis
v. tr. - plaquer, (fig) vernir

Deutsch (German)
n. - Furnier, Tünche
v. - furnieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επικόλλημα (κν. καπλαμάς), επίστρωση, επένδυση, (μτφ.) επίφαση, (επιφανειακό) λούστρο, επίχρισμα, επίστρωμα, πασάλειμμα
v. - καπλαμάρω, επιστρώνω, καλύπτω με επικόλλημα (κν. καπλαντίζω), (μτφ.) προσδίδω επιφανειακή όψη

Italiano (Italian)
impiallacciatura, vernice, apparenza, impiallacciare, mascherare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - folheado (m) (Carp.), folha (f) de madeira compensada, polimento (m)
v. - folhear (Carp.), dar aparência atraente (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
шпон, кирпичная облицовка, обшивать фанерой, внешний лоск, облицовывать

Español (Spanish)
n. - enchapado, chapa
v. tr. - chapear, enchapar, cubrir

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - faner, polityr (fig.)
v. - fanera, polera upp (fig.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
薄板, 胶合板, 单板, 镶饰, 虚饰, 胶合

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 薄板, 膠合板, 單板
v. tr. - 鑲飾, 虛飾, 膠合

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 베니어판(화장판), 겉치레, 표면 마무리
v. tr. - ~에 씌우다, ~의 겉을 꾸미다, ~으로 감추다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 化粧張り, 単板, うわべだけの飾り, 虚飾, 付け焼き刃
v. - 化粧張りをする, …のうわべを飾る, うわべを飾る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خشب القشرة (فعل) غطى الخشب بقشرة من الخشب الثمين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ציפוי משובח מעץ, שכבה של דיקט, מסווה, הופעה חיצונית מטעה של איכות גבוהה, ברק חיצוני‬
v. tr. - ‮ציפה בלוח עץ משובח‬

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