veneering

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood
noun the act of applying veneer
verb cover with veneer

Because you can't help yourself, that's what for!" and now the veneering of gentlemanliness vanished. — An Undivided Union, Oliver Optic
I had thought that at least it would be caked on the outside of it like a kind of veneering. — Roughing It, Mark Twain
This veneering process has been successfully employed on the Missouri River; and in some cases they have so covered themselves with sediments, and have become so overgrown with willows, that they may be regarded as permanent. — Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain

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