| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coat with metallic material |
| Synonyms: | anodize, bronze, chrome, cover, electroplate, enamel, encrust, face, flake, foil, gild, laminate, layer, nickel, overlay, platinize, scale, silver, stratify |
| Notes: | dish is a more general term and plate is more specialized |
| Main Entry: | gild |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embellish, decorate |
| Synonyms: | adorn, aureate, aurify, beautify, bedeck, begild, brighten, coat, deck, dress up, embroider, engild, enhance, enrich, garnish, glitter, grace, ornament, overlay, paint, plate, tinsel, varnish, wash, whitewash |
| Main Entry: | laminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover with veneer |
| Synonyms: | coat, exfoliate, face, flake, foil, foliate, layer, overlayer, plate, separate, split, stratify, veneer |
| Antonyms: | strip |
| Main Entry: | silver |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shiny gray in color |
| Synonyms: | argent, argentate, bright, lustrous, pale, pearly, plated, resplendent, silvered, silvery, sterling, white |
| Main Entry: | veneer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover, overlay |
| Synonyms: | blanch, coat, extenuate, face, finish, gloss, palliate, plate, shellac, sugarcoat, surface, varnish, whiten, whitewash |
| Antonyms: | strip, uncover |
| Main Entry: | gilt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gilded |
| Synonyms: | alloyed, gaudy, gleaming, glittering, golden, lustrous, meretricious, overlaid, painted, plated, shiny, showy, sparkling, specious, tinsel, tinseled, varnished |
| Main Entry: | stratify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | layer |
| Synonyms: | flake, laminate, plate |
| Main Entry: | overlay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover |
| Synonyms: | coat, glaze, pave, plate, spread, superimpose, veneer |