Inlay

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To set (pieces of wood or ivory, for example) into a surface, usually at the same level, to form a design.
  • v. To decorate by setting in such designs.
  • v. To insert (a photograph, for example) within a mat in a book.
  • n. Contrasting material set into a surface in pieces to form a design.
  • n. A design, pattern, or decoration made by inlaying.
  • n. Dentistry A solid filling, as of gold or porcelain, fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration.
  • v. To place pieces of a foreign material within another material to form a decorative design.
  • v. To fill a tooth.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, ivory, mother-of-pearl, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions.
  • n. Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To lay in, as a hiding-place; conceal.
  • To lay in; provide; store up.
  • To lay or insert in something; fix into or upon something, as for ornamentation.
  • To decorate with ornamental materials laid in a common groundwork; ornament with inserted work: as, to inlay a cabinet with ivory or ebony; an inlaid table.
  • n. That which is inserted or laid in something else, especially for the production of ornamental effect.
  • n. An ornamental design produced by inlaying one material in another, or by inserting several materials in combination, as in a mosaic.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place
  • v. decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal
  • n. a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface
  • Verb Form
    inlaid    inlaying    inlays   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    filling   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    inlaid   
    Form
    inlaied    inlaying    inlay card   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hatch    niello    tessellate    buhl    boule    cloisonné    tarsia    enamel    marquetry    marqueterie   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    crucifix    locket    parquetry    scrollwork    statuette    mosaic    fretwork    carving    bas-relief    filigree