veneered

verb

past tense of veneer
as in varnished

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  1. varnished
  2. coated
  3. glazed
  4. finished
  5. faced
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  • Although pest control companies offer lethal solutions such as carpenter bee traps or chemical treatments, the best way to keep carpenter bees from bugging you is using stained, sealed, varnished or treated wood in building projects.
    — Sarah Linn April 24, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Reaching the island is all part of the fun too, requiring you to hop aboard a vintage, slickly varnished wooden boat at Balmaha and schedule a pick-up time for the way back.
    — Rosie Conroy, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of varnished
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  • Spoon the glaze on top of the salmon, and brush it so the top is evenly coated.
    — Candy Hom, AJC.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Then Petrie coated the skulls in paraffin for preservation and shipped them back to England.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of coated
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  • The crock is salt-glazed, giving it a coarser texture than a smoother zinc glaze.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 29 Jan. 2026
Definition of glazed
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  • Jordan, who’s directing and starring in the reboot — the second, since Pierce Brosnan played the part in a 1999 version — finished shooting last year and is now in the editing bay prepping for a March release.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
  • So despite pitching 12 innings in two starts over the previous seven days, King stepped up and finished it off — but only after a thrilling ninth.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of finished
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  • The country singer also asked fans to donate to the Young Center for Immigrant Rights, which helps children whose parents have faced deportations, during the opening night of her tour in Chicago back in August.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The Cornell 7 lawsuit refers to the legal document filed by an unnamed Cornell University student who accused seven men of raping and drugging her at a frat house party in October 2024 — and faced no legal consequences.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
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“Veneered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veneered. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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