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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : vuh-neer
Phonetic Transcription : vəˈnɪər


Definition of veneer

Origin :
  • 1702, from German Furnier, from furnieren "to cover with a veneer, inlay," from French fournir "to furnish, accomplish," from Middle French fornir "to furnish," from a Germanic source (cf. Old High German frumjan "to provide;" see furnish). A word batted back and forth from German to French to German. Figurative sense of "mere outward show of some good quality" is attested from 1868. The verb is recorded from 1728.
  • noun pretense, front
  • verb cover, overlay
Example sentences :
  • Or is it a factory, disguised with a veneer of the Puginesque?
  • Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
  • A second time I glimpsed the Slav behind his veneer of civilization.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • Some have no veneer like this boor, and some have the polish, but they are all the same underneath.
  • Extract from : « In Apple-Blossom Time » by Clara Louise Burnham
  • Truthfulness is essential to culture, which, without it, will be only a veneer.
  • Extract from : « Girls and Women » by Harriet E. Paine (AKA E. Chester}
  • This veneer had come unloosened in many places and was split up.
  • Extract from : « Jewish Children » by Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich
  • The sloughing off of the veneer of civilisation was not rapid, but it was sure.
  • Extract from : « In Our Town » by William Allen White
  • Is it merely a veneer, a coat of paint laid on from without?
  • Extract from : « The Hidden Power » by Thomas Troward
  • In the stress of his anguish Conan's veneer of civilization had fallen from him.
  • Extract from : « The Hour of the Dragon » by Robert E. Howard
  • For this we require a cardboard or veneer base and a number of stales.
  • Extract from : « Toy-Making at Home » by Morley Adams
  • As a veneer material, it is demanded in four times the quantity of any other species.
  • Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson

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