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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering |
| Synonyms: | bark, coating, crust, finish, glaze, gloss, lacquer, lamination, layer, overlay, painting, plaster, priming, roughcast, set, tinge, varnish, wash, whitewashing |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
| Main Entry: | layer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coating, tier |
| Synonyms: | band, bed, blanket, coat, coping, couch, course, cover, covering, film, flag, flap, floor, fold, girdle, lamina, lamination, lap, mantle, overlap, overlay, panel, ply, row, seam, sheet, slab, story, stratum, stripe, substratum, thickness, zone |
| Main Entry: | odds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
| Synonyms: | allowance, benefit, bulge, difference, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction, draw, edge, handicap, head start, lead, overlay, start, superiority, vantage |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | paint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tinted covering |
| Synonyms: | acrylic, chroma, color, coloring, cosmetic, dye, emulsion, enamel, flat, gloss, greasepaint, latex, makeup, oil, overlay, pigment, rouge, stain, tempera, varnish, veneer, wax |
| Main Entry: | sheet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coating, covering; page |
| Synonyms: | area, blanket, coat, expanse, film, foil, folio, lamina, layer, leaf, membrane, overlay, pane, panel, piece, plate, ply, slab, stratum, stretch, surface, sweep, veneer |
| Main Entry: | veneer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretense, front |
| Synonyms: | appearance, coating, cover, covering, disguise, exterior, facade, face, finish, gloss, guise, layer, leaf, mask, overlay, semblance, show, surface, window dressing |
| Notes: | veneer is a very thin layer of material or superficiality; venire is a panel of prospective jurors from which a jury is selected |
| Antonyms: | reality |
| Main Entry: | wash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coloring |
| Synonyms: | coat, coating, film, layer, overlay, rinse, stain, suffusion, swab |
| Main Entry: | facing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finish for dress goods |
| Synonyms: | applique, backing, binding, braid, embroidery, folds, hem, lining, overlay, piping, trim, tucks |
| Main Entry: | cravat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necktie |
| Synonyms: | ascot, band, neckerchief, overlay, scarf, tie |
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