Veneer
noun
A thin decorative covering of fine wood applied to coarser wood or other material.
The drawer had a veneer of mahogany on top.
Often appears as...
- wood veneer
- veneer surface
noun
A layer of material placed over a tooth for aesthetic purposes or to protect the tooth's surface from damage.
She decided to get a veneer on her front tooth to improve her smile.
Often appears as...
- dental veneer
- porcelain veneer
noun
An outward show or appearance that hides the true state or nature of something.
His brash exterior is just a veneer to hide his deep insecurities.
Often appears as...
- thin veneer
- veneer of respectability
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A thin decorative covering of fine wood applied to coarser wood or other material.
The drawer had a veneer of mahogany on top.
Often appears as...
- wood veneer
- veneer surface
noun
A layer of material placed over a tooth for aesthetic purposes or to protect the tooth's surface from damage.
She decided to get a veneer on her front tooth to improve her smile.
Often appears as...
- dental veneer
- porcelain veneer
noun
An outward show or appearance that hides the true state or nature of something.
His brash exterior is just a veneer to hide his deep insecurities.
Often appears as...
- thin veneer
- veneer of respectability
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Furniture and Interiors
Veneer often refers to thin wood layers on furniture or interior features for a luxury appearance.
The veneer gives the bookcase an elegant touch.
Pro Tip 2/3Cost Implication
Using veneer can imply a way to economize since it's cheaper than solid fine wood, but still looks good.
They chose a wood veneer to keep costs down while renovating.
Pro Tip 3/3Skill and Craft
Applying veneer is a skilled task. It may be mentioned in contexts discussing craftsmanship.
The cabinetmaker expertly applied the veneer.
Pro Tip 1/3Furniture and Interiors
Veneer often refers to thin wood layers on furniture or interior features for a luxury appearance.
The veneer gives the bookcase an elegant touch.
Pro Tip 2/3Cost Implication
Using veneer can imply a way to economize since it's cheaper than solid fine wood, but still looks good.
They chose a wood veneer to keep costs down while renovating.
Pro Tip 3/3Skill and Craft
Applying veneer is a skilled task. It may be mentioned in contexts discussing craftsmanship.
The cabinetmaker expertly applied the veneer.
Pro Tip 1/3Furniture and Interiors
Veneer often refers to thin wood layers on furniture or interior features for a luxury appearance.
The veneer gives the bookcase an elegant touch.
Pro Tip 2/3Cost Implication
Using veneer can imply a way to economize since it's cheaper than solid fine wood, but still looks good.
They chose a wood veneer to keep costs down while renovating.
Pro Tip 3/3Skill and Craft
Applying veneer is a skilled task. It may be mentioned in contexts discussing craftsmanship.
The cabinetmaker expertly applied the veneer.
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The voices in my head PIPE...
I'd done well at school. Expectations for me were high, and I gleefully entered the student life of lectures, parties and traffic cone theft. Now appearances, of course, can be deceptive, and to an extent, this feisty, energetic persona of lecture-going and traffic cone stealing was a veneer,
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Advocating for gender...
coalition of women's groups would caress the establishment with the usual blandishments while aids-free world would engage in high-level advocacy at the diplomatic level we shamelessly used the veneer of male privilege to gain access but we needed a blazing dossier
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India's invisible...
Indians don't do innovation the more polite one said well you know Indians make good software programmers and accountants but they can't do the creative stuff sometimes it took a more book a veneer of sophistication and people said you know it's nothing to do
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Colin Grant: The son of...
in their transparent covers that they were delivered in. But what's more difficult to navigate is the emotional landscape between the generations, and the old adage that with age comes wisdom is not true. With age comes the veneer of respectability
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Philip Howard: Four ways...
It drives people from the smart part of the brain -- that dark, deep well of the subconscious, where instincts and experience, and all the other factors of creativity and good judgment are -- it drives us to the thin veneer of conscious logic.
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Why Earth may someday...
a photograph that some astronauts took. And this tenuous veneer around our planet is what allows life to flourish. It protects our planet from too many impacts, from meteorites and the like. And it's such an amazing phenomenon
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Neptune 101 PIPE National...
surrounded by a layer of clouds. These clouds, predominantly made of hydrogen and helium, include traces of methane, which give this ocean world its rich blue color. While the clouds create a cool, calm veneer from afar,
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Home Chandalar Home PIPE...
feel really well living out in the mountains like this this is my favorite place in the world there's this veneer of civilization as weighing people down and there's something inside waiting to get out and
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Creating materials...
also laser cutting holes then I realized what the illuminated side could extra bends and warp and twist because of the shrinkage of the veneer by understanding the behavior and characteristics of
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Bentley's Wood Shop PIPE...
the world of wood veneer they're like diamonds they're grain richer and more patterned than any other wood looks very rough but yes when you cut
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The voices in my head PIPE...
I'd done well at school. Expectations for me were high, and I gleefully entered the student life of lectures, parties and traffic cone theft. Now appearances, of course, can be deceptive, and to an extent, this feisty, energetic persona of lecture-going and traffic cone stealing was a veneer,
Video examples
Advocating for gender...
coalition of women's groups would caress the establishment with the usual blandishments while aids-free world would engage in high-level advocacy at the diplomatic level we shamelessly used the veneer of male privilege to gain access but we needed a blazing dossier
Video examples
India's invisible...
Indians don't do innovation the more polite one said well you know Indians make good software programmers and accountants but they can't do the creative stuff sometimes it took a more book a veneer of sophistication and people said you know it's nothing to do
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Colin Grant: The son of...
in their transparent covers that they were delivered in. But what's more difficult to navigate is the emotional landscape between the generations, and the old adage that with age comes wisdom is not true. With age comes the veneer of respectability
Video examples
Philip Howard: Four ways...
It drives people from the smart part of the brain -- that dark, deep well of the subconscious, where instincts and experience, and all the other factors of creativity and good judgment are -- it drives us to the thin veneer of conscious logic.
Video examples
Why Earth may someday...
a photograph that some astronauts took. And this tenuous veneer around our planet is what allows life to flourish. It protects our planet from too many impacts, from meteorites and the like. And it's such an amazing phenomenon
Video examples
Neptune 101 PIPE National...
surrounded by a layer of clouds. These clouds, predominantly made of hydrogen and helium, include traces of methane, which give this ocean world its rich blue color. While the clouds create a cool, calm veneer from afar,
Video examples
Home Chandalar Home PIPE...
feel really well living out in the mountains like this this is my favorite place in the world there's this veneer of civilization as weighing people down and there's something inside waiting to get out and
Video examples
Creating materials...
also laser cutting holes then I realized what the illuminated side could extra bends and warp and twist because of the shrinkage of the veneer by understanding the behavior and characteristics of
Video examples
Bentley's Wood Shop PIPE...
the world of wood veneer they're like diamonds they're grain richer and more patterned than any other wood looks very rough but yes when you cut
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Quote examples
Tom Ellis
Welsh Actor
What I really wanted to do was take this character and go beneath the veneer of Lucifer. Underneath it all, there was a guy who was a hurt soul and rejected from his father. How that played upon his choices was kind of interesting, but also it's going inside a shell of someone who doesn't know what an emotion is.
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Rick Wilson
American Author
With every product, the delta between the brand and the reality determines its power over the minds of consumers, and with Trump, that delta is always broad. If Trump said it was the best, it was average. If he said something was the finest, it typically included a spray-painted gold veneer.
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Lauren Bacall
American Actress
I'm not tough, and I never have been. I suppose over the years I've built up kind of a veneer to protect myself because I have functioned on my own for a long, long time, and I have never had a lot of flunkies preceding me to clear the way.
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Henry Giroux
American Critic
The mainstream media spins stories that are largely racist, violent, and irresponsible - stories that celebrate power and demonize victims, all the while camouflaging its pedagogical influence under the cheap veneer of entertainment.
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Jason Jones
The suburbs have this veneer of happiness, you know? This veneer of the ideal life. From afar, it's all together - white picket fence, nice house - but you peel away one little layer, and it all comes crumbling down.
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Edward Hopper
American Artist
After all, we are not French and never can be, and any attempt to be so is to deny our inheritance and to try to impose upon ourselves a character that can be nothing but a veneer upon the surface.
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains and the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design.
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Michael Flanders
British Actor
The purpose of satire has been rightly stated as to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half truth, and our job, as I see it, is to put it back again!
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George Washington Carver
American Scientist
There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything.
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Evan Esar
American Writer
Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.
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Tom Ellis
Welsh Actor
What I really wanted to do was take this character and go beneath the veneer of Lucifer. Underneath it all, there was a guy who was a hurt soul and rejected from his father. How that played upon his choices was kind of interesting, but also it's going inside a shell of someone who doesn't know what an emotion is.
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Rick Wilson
American Author
With every product, the delta between the brand and the reality determines its power over the minds of consumers, and with Trump, that delta is always broad. If Trump said it was the best, it was average. If he said something was the finest, it typically included a spray-painted gold veneer.
Quote examples
Lauren Bacall
American Actress
I'm not tough, and I never have been. I suppose over the years I've built up kind of a veneer to protect myself because I have functioned on my own for a long, long time, and I have never had a lot of flunkies preceding me to clear the way.
Quote examples
Henry Giroux
American Critic
The mainstream media spins stories that are largely racist, violent, and irresponsible - stories that celebrate power and demonize victims, all the while camouflaging its pedagogical influence under the cheap veneer of entertainment.
Quote examples
Jason Jones
The suburbs have this veneer of happiness, you know? This veneer of the ideal life. From afar, it's all together - white picket fence, nice house - but you peel away one little layer, and it all comes crumbling down.
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Edward Hopper
American Artist
After all, we are not French and never can be, and any attempt to be so is to deny our inheritance and to try to impose upon ourselves a character that can be nothing but a veneer upon the surface.
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains and the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design.
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Michael Flanders
British Actor
The purpose of satire has been rightly stated as to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half truth, and our job, as I see it, is to put it back again!
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George Washington Carver
American Scientist
There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything.
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Evan Esar
American Writer
Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.
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