Synonyms for enamel

Grammar : Noun

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Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈnæm əl

Top 10 synonyms for enamel

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Définition of enamel

Origin : early 14c., from Anglo-French enamailler (early 14c.), from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + amailler "to enamel," variant of Old French esmailler, from esmal "enamel," from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smaltjan "to smelt" (see smelt (v.)). Related: Enameled; enameling.

noun paint, often shiny

Example sentences :

The enamel was cracked, and I followed every crack as well as every figure of the hours.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

One suit was inlaid with enamel, black as ebony, and the other with red gold.
Extract from : « If You Touch Them They Vanish » by Gouverneur Morris

In admixture it may safely be employed, as well as in fresco or enamel.
Extract from : « Field's Chromatography » by George Field

It was also employed in enamel painting as it vitrified without change.
Extract from : « Field's Chromatography » by George Field

Draw a picture of a tooth and label the crown, the enamel, the root, the pulp.
Extract from : « A Handbook of Health » by Woods Hutchinson

With the aid of an enamel bucket, Mr. Abraham Levinsky filled the bath.
Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer

Colwyn opened the silver and enamel box, and emptied the matches on the table.
Extract from : « The Shrieking Pit » by Arthur J. Rees

It is an enamel of the most superb and the rarest of elegant expressions in the Bible.
Extract from : « Jewish Literature and Other Essays » by Gustav Karpeles

Motor-cars that were humiliating with their enamel and crystal were threading about.
Extract from : « Waiting for Daylight » by Henry Major Tomlinson

Metallic tooth-picks injure the enamel, and should not be used.
Extract from : « Popular Education » by Ira Mayhew

Antonyms for enamel

dullness

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