Meanings (ES + gloss)
chapa • chapa de madera • chapeado • contrachapado • enchapado • revestimiento
A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.
A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep th…
Compartment and corridor partitions are of blockboard, with appropriate decorative veneers to suit the varied interior decoration.
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An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings, the veneer of culture.
“Yalda,” Dabashi says, “has managed to survive the centuries because it has been gently recodified with a Muslim veneer.”
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
chapar • chapear • enchapar
To apply veneer to.
The stateroom walls are veneered with finely figured English chestnut with the skirting and mouldings in English walnut.
to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany
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