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enamel definition and meaning

v. t. A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.
v. t. A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.
v. t. That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.
v. t. The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement.
v. t. To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.
v. t. To variegate with colors as if with enamel.
v. t. To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.
v. t. To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
v. i. To practice the art of enameling.
a. Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting.

Crossword clues for enamel

- An opaque, glassy substance applied to surfaces
- Canine’s coat
- Coating name in the Spanish glaze
- Coating on teeth
- Even a melon has a hard protective covering
- Glaze
- Glaze mad eel man
- Gloss provided by Lena and me
- Glossy coating
- Glossy paint
- Glossy surface finish
- Hard coating on teeth
- Hard outer layer of a tooth
- Hidden in garden, a melting pot of coats, baths and teeth
- High-gloss paint
- Kept inside, namely to search for varnish
- Nail varnish
- Only back half of keen team feel glaze
- Shiny paint
- Substance covering teeth
- Tooth coating
- Tooth covering
- Tooth material
- Varnish
- Vitreous coating