Sekirov Dictionary

enamel

/ɪˈnæməl/

noun 4
verb 4
forms 5

noun4

An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
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A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
- Against the fence, in a line, were six chipped-enamel slop jars holding brilliant red geraniums, cared for as tenderly as if they belonged to Miss Maudie Atkinson — 1960
A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

verb4

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To coat or decorate with enamel.
- Their plumed helmes are wrought with beaten golde, Their swords enameld, and about their neckes Hangs massie chaines of golde downe to the waste, In euery part exceding braue and rich. — 1587
To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.
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To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
- Oft he [the serpent] bowed / His turret crest and sleek enamelled neck. — 1667
To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

forms

enameled · enamelled · enameling · enamelling · enamels

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