Enamel

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Noun

Enamel (uncountable)
  1. an opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects
  2. a coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish
  3. the hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth

Verb

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

  1. to coat or decorate something with enamel

Notes

  • enamelling and enamelled chiefly British.

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Adjectives

tinted; lucid; brittle; brilliant.

Thesaurus

apply paint, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, brush on paint, butter, calcimine, china, clay, coat, coating, color, complexion, cover, dab, daub, deep-dye, dip, distemper, double-dye, dye, emblazon, engild, face, facing, fast-dye, film, fresco, fur, gild, glaze, gloss, grain, hue, illuminate, imbue, ingrain, japan, lacquer, lay on, lay on color, paint, parget, pellicle, pigment, porcelain, prime, refractory, revetment, scale, scum, shade, shadow, shellac, skin, slap on, slather, slop on paint, smear, smear on, spread on, spread with, stain, stipple, tar, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, undercoat, varnish, veneer, wash, whitewash

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Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈɪ.næməl/, SAMPA: /"I.n{m@l/
  • Rhymes: -æməl

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