VENEERED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

veneered

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past tense of veneer

as in varnished

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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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Ultrathin layer forms stronger protection The team also coated the structured copper foil with an MXene layer roughly 10 nanometers thick.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
Jewelry sat on and among a sink, chair, cabinet, artist easel, and smaller domestic objects coated in the blue carving wax Vernon uses in the workshop.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026

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When Beck finished, his lawyer asked Leigh to follow her to the table to sign some paperwork.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Then there’s the Beyond Speyside series that launched last year with Jamaica Edition, a whisky that was aged for 12 years and then finished in rum barrels sourced from that Caribbean island nation.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of finished

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Serbia is formally seeking membership in the European Union, but the effort has stalled under Vucic, who has faced accusations of clamping down on democratic freedoms, including the media.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
No two knee injuries are the same, of course, and Seguin faced an obstacle that Mahomes apparently didn’t have to deal with.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026

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