Veneer

Noun

 * 1) A thin decorative covering of fine wood applied to coarser wood or other material.
 * 2) An attractive appearance that covers or disguises true nature or feelings.

Verb

 * 1) To apply veneer.

Thesaurus
appearance, aspect, board, brick, clapboard, coat, coating, collop, cover, covering, cursoriness, cut, deal, disguise, disk, enamel, epidermis, extenuate, exteriority, facade, face, facing, false front, feuille, film, finish, flap, foil, fold, front, fur, glass, glaze, gloss, gloss over, guise, lacquer, lamella, lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, lath, leaf, mask, membrane, mere scratch, no depth, no water, outward show, paint, pane, panel, paper, patina, peel, pellicle, pinprick, plait, plank, plate, plating, ply, plywood, rasher, revet, revetment, rind, safety glass, scale, scratch, scum, shake, shallowness, sheathe, sheet, shingle, shoaliness, show, skin, slab, slat, slate, slice, slightness, stone, sugarcoat, superficiality, superficies, surface, table, tablet, thatch, tile, triviality, varnish, wafer, wall in, wall up, wallpaper, weatherboard, white, whiten, whitewash, window dressing

Etymology
From Furnier:, from furnieren:, from  fournir:, from  fornir:, from  fornir:, furnir:, from Old  *undefined:, from. Cognate with frumjan:, frummen:,  fremian:. More at.

Noun

 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: επικόλλημα


 * Italian: impiallacciatura
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: шпон, однослойная фанера
 * Spanish: barniz
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: επικόλλημα, επίχρισμα, (metaphorical)


 * Norwegian:
 * Russian: внешний лоск, налёт,  показуха, видимость
 * Spanish: barniz

Derived terms

 * brick veneer

Verb

 * Danish:
 * French:
 * German: furnieren
 * Greek: επικολλώ, επιχρίω
 * Portuguese: envernizar


 * Russian: облицовывать, придавать внешний лоск, маскировать
 * Spanish: chapear,
 * Swedish: fanera

Anagrams

 * evener