enamel
Collocations
5ADJ.
better, bright, hardest, most, watery
VERB + ENAMEL
card, obtain
ENAMEL + NOUN
cloth, leather, paper
PREP.
in, with
ADV.
mostly
Definitions
noun
An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.
verb
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.
To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
Oft he [the serpent] bowed / His turret crest and sleek enamelled neck.
To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.
to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth
To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
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6Their 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.
WiktionaryOft he [the serpent] bowed / His turret crest and sleek enamelled neck.
Wiktionaryto enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth
WiktionaryTooth enamel is the hardest substance in your body.
Tatoeba · #6680104Tooth enamel is mostly composed of hydroxyapatite.
Tatoeba · #6680106A small daub of very watery enamel should be taken on the end of the spatula and laid upon the metal where it is to be enameled.
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