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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ve·neer /vəˈnɪr/
 膠合板,飾面,外表(vt.)鑲飾,膠合,虛飾

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 ve·neer /vəˈnɪ(ə)r/ 名詞
 覆蓋,鑲蓋

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ve·neer v. t. [imp. & p. p. Veneered p. pr. & vb. n. Veneering.]  To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany. Used also figuratively.
 As a rogue in grain
 Veneered with sanctimonious theory.   --Tennyson.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ve·neer, n.  A thin leaf or layer of a more valuable or beautiful material for overlaying an inferior one, especially such a thin leaf of wood to be glued to a cheaper wood; hence, external show; gloss; false pretense.
 Veneer moth Zool., any moth of the genus Chilo; -- so called because the mottled colors resemble those of veneering.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 veneer
      n 1: coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to
           a base of inferior wood [syn: veneering]
      2: an ornamental coating to a building [syn: facing]
      v : cover with veneer; "veneer the furniture to protect it"