Usually means: Thin decorative covering of material.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. veneer: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. veneer: Merriam-Webster
  3. veneer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. veneer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. veneer: Collins English Dictionary
  6. veneer: Vocabulary.com
  7. Veneer, veneer: Wordnik
  8. veneer: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. veneer: Wiktionary
  10. veneer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. veneer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. veneer: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. veneer: Dictionary.com
  14. veneer: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. veneer: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Veneer (album), Veneer (dentistry), Veneer (wood), Veneer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Veneer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. veneer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. veneer: Rhymezone
  20. veneer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. veneer: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. veneer: FreeDictionary.org
  23. veneer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. veneer: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. veneer: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Veneer: Marquetry Glossary

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Veneer: Glossary of Health Care Terms
  3. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  4. veneer: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. veneer: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. veneer: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. veneer: Medical dictionary
  5. Oral Health Definitions for Non-Dentists (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Tech (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Masonry dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Woodworking Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Veneer: Construction Glossary
  4. Glossary of Woodworking Terms (No longer online)
  5. Veneer: Glossary of Woodworking Terms
  6. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)
  7. veneer: Construction deterioration & building durability glossary

(Note: See veneered as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.
noun:  An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings, the veneer of culture.
verb:  (transitive, woodworking) To apply veneer to.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To disguise with apparent goodness.

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