enamel
[ih-nam-uh l]
noun
verb (used with object), e·nam·eled, e·nam·el·ing or (especially British) e·nam·elled, e·nam·el·ling.
Origin of enamel
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glaze, varnish, lacquer, stain, coating, finish, gloss, polish, veneer, topcoat, japanExamples from the Web for enamel
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The enamel was cracked, and I followed every crack as well as every figure of the hours.
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
One suit was inlaid with enamel, black as ebony, and the other with red gold.
If You Touch Them They VanishGouverneur Morris
It was also employed in enamel painting as it vitrified without change.
Field's ChromatographyGeorge Field
In admixture it may safely be employed, as well as in fresco or enamel.
Field's ChromatographyGeorge Field
Draw a picture of a tooth and label the crown, the enamel, the root, the pulp.
A Handbook of HealthWoods Hutchinson
enamel
noun
verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled (tr)
Word Origin for enamel
C15: from Old French esmail, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German smalz lard; see smelt 1
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