Noun a wall with a stone veneer a dresser with mahogany veneerVerb The cabinet was veneered in oak.
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Noun
Austin, for example, is a shiny thing with a cowboy veneer. Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 17 Sep. 2022 Choose from a range of colors available for the real wood veneer. Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Sep. 2022 In contradiction to Rachmaninoff’s public image as a dour spirit, his late scores have a cosmopolitan veneer and a sly, ironic tone. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 For a simple-yet-effective dash of drama, designer Tim Veresnovsky employed custom, high-contrast eucalyptus veneer wallcovering, cabinets, and a lone chair. Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 5 Aug. 2022 By doubling down on its protagonist’s depravity and stripping him of any boyishly charming veneer, the series stops searching for the vulnerability beneath his facade and commits to focusing on Barry’s dangerousness. Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022 Of course, that idealistic picture was just a veneer even then. Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2022 This backend flow is very much present in SD Gundam Battle Alliance and despite the cute veneer, there’s a decent Gundam here. Ollie Barder, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022 If a mural is proposed, it will be printed, cut and installed onto the brick veneer by a print company retained by the city and LakewoodAlive. Carol Kovach, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2022
Verb
Firefighters evacuated the building at 282 Sumner St. after the exterior masonry veneer partially collapsed, Boston fire officials said on Twitter at 1:33 a.m. Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2022 Wood, wood-laminate, veneer, fiberboard and even metal cabinets can be repainted without difficulty. Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 22 July 2022 The cabin is quiet and richly appointed, especially in our Inscription-level test car, which wore light-gray leather upholstery with a matching open-pore wood veneer dividing the upper and lower dash panels. Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 30 June 2022 Think natural oak veneer with rose quartz and brass accents. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2021 Kurz’s fall is seen as a major blow to Europe’s conservatives, many of whom saw him as a charismatic role model, packaging hard-line conservative values under a slick, media savvy veneer.Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2021 These are just some of the microaggressions, quiet bigotries and structural hurdles that diplomats say ripple under the State Department's cosmopolitan veneer. Nicole Gaouette, CNN, 6 May 2021 The organic lines of the desk and table, for instance, were achieved by meticulously hand-matching strips of solid wood veneer to express the timber’s grain. Bebe Howorth, ELLE Decor, 5 Mar. 2021 The photo below shows a common deviation, where the masonry veneer actually touches the shingles. Reuben Saltzman, Star Tribune, 10 Nov. 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
noun derivative of veneer entry 2, or borrowed directly from German (17th-century) furner, fornier (modern Furnier), noun derivative of fourniren, furniren "to apply thin strips of wood or other material (to cabinetwork, etc.)" — more at veneering