veneer

Other forms of veneer

plural

veneers·

past tense

veneered·

present participle

veneering·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about veneer

What does veneer mean?

veneer means "coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in veneer?

veneer has 2 syllables: ve-neer. The stress falls on "neer". In IPA it is /vəˈnɪɹ/.

What is another word for veneer?

Close synonyms include veneering, facing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is veneer a common word?

veneer is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with veneer?

11 words rhyme with veneer. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.