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inlay
[in-ley, in-ley, in-ley]
verb (used with object)
to decorate (an object) with layers of fine materials set in its surface.
to inlay a chest with lighter wood.
to insert or apply (layers of fine materials) in the surface of an object.
to inlay marble in a tabletop.
Horticulture.to place (a fitted scion) into a prepared stock, as in a method of grafting.
noun
inlaid work.
a layer of fine material inserted in something else, especially for ornament.
a design or decoration made by inlaying.
Dentistry.a filling of metal, porcelain, or the like, that is first shaped to fit a cavity and then cemented into it.
Horticulture.inlay graft.
the act or process of inlaying.
inlay
verb
to decorate (an article, esp of furniture, or a surface) by inserting pieces of wood, ivory, etc, into prepared slots in the surface
noun
dentistry a filling, made of gold, porcelain, etc, inserted into a cavity and held in position by cement
decoration made by inlaying
an inlaid article, surface, etc
Other Word Forms
- inlayer noun
- ˈˌ noun
Example Sentences
Korla theater had come into style in the nearby capital of Turfan, and the resulting income had brought other arts—Sogdian inlay, Chinese zither players, Kuchean dancers.
Hardiman writes that Joyce was a “tractable and ingenious” craftsman who quickly became adept in soldering, casting, inlaying and many other skills required of a medieval jeweler.
Mostly, the team found pieces of broken pottery, but the excitement at camp was palpable when they unearthed a human skull with jade inlay in the teeth, she recalled.
The chrysanthemum leaves, the chartreuse of the teapot inlay and the antique bronze are different shades of green — but all come from malachite.
If, as the New York Times’ Amanda Hess argues, we live in the “golden age of celebrity branding,” liquor is the filigree on its balustrades, the inlay on its armoires, the leaf on its chandeliers.
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