enamel

see definition of enamel

nounpaint, often shiny

Word Origin & History

early 14c., from Anglo-French enamailler (early 14c.), from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + amailler "to enamel," variant of Old French esmailler, from esmal "enamel," from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smaltjan "to smelt" (see smelt (v.)). Related: Enameled; enameling.

Example Sentences for enamel

The enamel was cracked, and I followed every crack as well as every figure of the hours.

One suit was inlaid with enamel, black as ebony, and the other with red gold.

In admixture it may safely be employed, as well as in fresco or enamel.

It was also employed in enamel painting as it vitrified without change.

Draw a picture of a tooth and label the crown, the enamel, the root, the pulp.

With the aid of an enamel bucket, Mr. Abraham Levinsky filled the bath.

Colwyn opened the silver and enamel box, and emptied the matches on the table.

It is an enamel of the most superb and the rarest of elegant expressions in the Bible.

Motor-cars that were humiliating with their enamel and crystal were threading about.

Metallic tooth-picks injure the enamel, and should not be used.

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noun paint, often shiny

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dullness

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More words related to enamel

coat

verb. cover with layer of material

coated

verb. cover with layer of material

color

verb. make pigmented; shade

glaze

noun. varnish, lacquer

glaze

verb. varnish, lacquer

paint

noun. tinted covering

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