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Plural of veneer

regular plural

The plural of veneer is veneers.

Forms of veneer

Singularveneer /vəˈnɪə(ɹ)/
Pluralveneers
Countablecountable and uncountable

Veneers in a sentence

  • Compartment and corridor partitions are of blockboard, with appropriate decorative veneers to suit the varied interior decoration.1951 May, “British Railways Standard Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, pages 327-328
  • The currently advocated Family Protection Act, which thinly veneers its discriminatory attitudes about strict social conformity and the disallowance of individual choice with a stated concern for today's social fabric.1981 December 19, Andrew C. Irish, “Support For Gay Nurses”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 22, page 4
  • In the dusty workroom her artificially red ponytail glowed like padauk, one of the exotic veneers she uses in her work.2008 May 27, Carol Kino, “An Artist Breathes New Life Into Renaissance Ways With Wood”, in New York Times. From the entry padauk
  • Work in hard & soft woods, veneers, & formica.1983 April 9, Elizabeth Regan, “Woodworker (classified advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 14. From the entry craftsy
  • Decorations and appointments: Stainless steel is generally employed for all fittings, while compartments are decorated with polished veneers of Empire-grown timbers.1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 396. From the entry Empire-grown

Meaning of veneer

  1. noun A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.
  2. noun An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings, the veneer of culture.
  3. noun A layer of material placed over a tooth.

Full definition of veneer

Questions about the plural of veneer

What is the plural of veneer?
The plural of veneer is veneers.
Is veneer countable?
Veneer is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: veneer (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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