enamel
IPA: ɪnˈæmʌɫ
noun
- An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
- A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
- The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
- A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.
verb
- (transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.
- (transitive) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
- (transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.
- (transitive) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
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Examples of "enamel" in Sentences
- The easel is coated in vitreous enamel.
- Gnarled enamel is found at the cusps of teeth.
- The decorations were painted on the glass with enamel.
- It is known to attack the enamel of the teeth as well.
- First incisor with lingual and dorsal enamel ringlets.
- The brush can also be used for the whitening of enamels.
- By 1926, the State Badge was a sprig of wattle in enamel.
- The 3 dimensional morphology of the tufts in human enamel.
- The microscopic structure of the enamel is poorly preserved.
- For the most part, the development and function of enamel is similar.
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