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enamel

/ɪˈnæməl/

enamel noun: an opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.

Noun

enamel (countable and uncountable, plural enamels)

  1. An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
  2. A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
    • Against the fence, in a line, were six chipped-enamel slop jars holding brilliant red geraniums, cared for as tenderly as if they belonged to Miss Maudie Atkinson1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
  3. The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
  4. A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

Verb

enamel (third-person singular simple present enamels, present participle (US) enameling or (UK) enamelling, simple past and past participle (US) enameled or (UK) enamelled)

  1. (transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.
    • Their plumed helmes are wrought with beaten golde,
      Their ſwords enameld, and about their neckes
      Hangs maſſie chaines of golde downe to the waſte,
      In euery part exceding braue and rich.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  2. (transitive) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
    • Oft he [the serpent] bowed / His turret crest and sleek enamelled neck.1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  3. (transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.
    • to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth
  4. (transitive) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

enamel meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

enamel in Hindi

तामचीनी, इनेमल

enamel in Tamil

பற்சிப்பி, மின்பூச்சு, மிளிரி, பற்பூச்சு

enamel in Urdu

مینا, تام چینی

enamel in Bengali

এনামেল, এনামেল করতে, এনামেল করা
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enamel in Telugu
ఎనామెల్, ఎనామెల్కు
enamel in Malayalam
ഇനാമൽ ināmal, ദന്തകവചം dantakavacaṁ
enamel in Kannada
ಗಾಜಿನ ಹೊರಿಕೆ, ನುಣುಪಿನ ಹೊರಿಕೆ, ಗಾಜುಲೇಪ
enamel in Punjabi
ਇਨੇਮਲ, ਇਨੇਮਲ ਤੱਕ
enamel in Gujarati
દંતવલ્ક
enamel in Odia
ଏନାମେଲ୍, ଏନାମେଲ, ଏନାମେଲ୍ କରିବା ପାଇଁ
enamel in Nepali
इनेमल, तामचीनी, एनामेल गर्न
enamel in Arabic
مِينَاء mīnāʔ
enamel in Indonesian
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enamel in Persian
مینا minâ

Examples of enamel in a sentence

  • Because the base material is what determines material classification, that button is not classified as an enamel.
  • Everyone there was better dressed than in the bars he'd visited earlier—sleeker, more enameled.
  • Basically, the crown of tooth is apicobasally elongated lanceolate shape and enameled on the labial side.

All 40 example sentences with enamel

Forms of enamel

Noun
pluralenamels
Verb
third-person singular presentenamels
present participle USenameling
present participle UKenamelling
past participle USenameled
past USenameled
past participle UKenamelled
past UKenamelled

Plural of enamel: enamels

Origin of enamel

From Middle English enamel, from Anglo-Norman enamailler, from en- (“in-”) + amailler (“to enamel”), variant of Old French esmailler (“to enamel”), from esmal (“enamel”), from Early Medieval Latin smaltum, from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“to melt, smelt”).

From Middle English enamelen, from the noun (see above).

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Words that rhyme with enamel

Questions about enamel

What does enamel mean?
Enamel means an opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
What is enamel in Hindi?
Enamel in Hindi is तामचीनी, इनेमल. See Enamel meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is enamel?
Enamel can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce enamel?
Enamel is pronounced /ɪˈnæməl/ (UK).
What is the plural of enamel?
The plural of enamel is enamels.

Words near enamel in the dictionary

  1. enambushed
  2. enambushes
  3. enambushing
  4. enamdar
  5. enamdars
  6. enamel
  7. enamel paper
  8. enamel papers
  9. enamelar
  10. enameled
  11. enameled wire

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: enamel (page history and authors); enamel (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enamel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enamel (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enamel (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enamel (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ഇനാമൽ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); enamel (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enamel (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enamel (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enamel (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enamel (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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