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Definition of veneer verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

veneer

verb
 
/vəˈnɪə(r)/
 
/vəˈnɪr/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they veneer
 
/vəˈnɪə(r)/
 
/vəˈnɪr/
he / she / it veneers
 
/vəˈnɪəz/
 
/vəˈnɪrz/
past simple veneered
 
/vəˈnɪəd/
 
/vəˈnɪrd/
past participle veneered
 
/vəˈnɪəd/
 
/vəˈnɪrd/
-ing form veneering
 
/vəˈnɪərɪŋ/
 
/vəˈnɪrɪŋ/
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  1. to cover the surface of something with a veneer of wood, etc.
    • be veneered with/in something The bed was veneered with cherrywood.
    Word Originearly 18th cent. (earlier as fineer): from German furni(e)ren, from Old French fournir ‘furnish’.
See veneer in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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