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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
enamel
I.noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ It is now thought that it is a special protein unique to tooth enamel.
▪ Neither type corresponds precisely to that seen in vertebrate enamel, and the extreme variation in crystal orientation is puzzling.
▪ The bird is set with turquoises and the leaves are of green enamel.
▪ The compartments, or rooms, were decorated in white enamel, the corridor in fumed mahogany.
▪ Your drawing shows that much of the enamel is still intact.
II.verb
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▪ It can be engraved, embossed, covered with filigree wire, enamelled, patinated and plated.
▪ Le Creuset enamelled cast-iron dishes are famous for their hardwearing good looks.
▪ Le Creuset enamelled cast iron cookware is both practical and superb to use.
▪ They stood on a tin dais enamelled red.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Enamel

Enamel \En*am"el\, n. [Pref. en- + amel. See Amel, Smelt, v. t.]

  1. A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.

  2. (Min.) A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.

  3. That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.

  4. (Anat.) The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement.

  5. Any one of various preparations for giving a smooth, glossy surface like that of enamel.

  6. A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

    Enamel painting, painting with enamel colors upon a ground of metal, porcelain, or the like, the colors being afterwards fixed by fire.

    Enamel paper, paper glazed a metallic coating.

Enamel

Enamel \En*am"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enameledor Enamelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enameling or Enamelling.]

  1. To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.

  2. To variegate with colors as if with enamel.

    Oft he [the serpent]bowed His turret crest and sleek enameled neck.
    --Milton.

  3. To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.

  4. To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

Enamel

Enamel \En*am"el\, v. i. To practice the art of enameling.

Enamel

Enamel \En*am"el\, a. Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting.
--Tomlinson.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
enamel

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; enameler; enameling.

enamel

early 15c., in ceramics, from enamel (v.). As "hardest part of a tooth," 1718, from a use in French émail.

Wiktionary
enamel

n. 1 An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects. 2 A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish. 3 The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth. 4 A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To coat or decorate with enamel. 2 (context transitive English) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel. 3 (context transitive English) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon. 4 (context transitive English) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

WordNet
enamel
  1. n. hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth [syn: tooth enamel]

  2. a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection

  3. a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish

  4. any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze

  5. v. coat, inlay, or surface with enamel

  6. [also: enamelling, enamelled]

Wikipedia
Enamel

Enamel may refer to:

  • Tooth enamel, the hard mineralized surface of teeth
  • Vitreous enamel, a smooth, durable coating made of melted and fused glass powder

Usage examples of "enamel".

Tarrant entered the aeroponics room, the gleaming white PVC pipe and enameled steel in shining contrast to the dim red of the fishery.

From its chains dangled various chatelettes made from rustproof materials: brass scissors, a golden etui with a manicure set inside, a bodkin, a spoon, a vinaigrette, a needle-case, a small looking-glass, a cup-sized strainer for spike-leaves, a timepiece that had stopped, and whose case was inlaid with ivory and bronze, a workbox containing small reels of thread, an enameled porcelain thimble and a silver one, silver-handled buttonhooks and a few spare buttonsglass-topped, enclosing tiny picturesa miniature portrait of her mother worked in enamels, several rowan-wood tilhals, a highly ornamented anlace, a penknife, an empty silver-gilt snuff-box, and a pencil.

The Argol answers that she has already done so without effect, and begins to relieve her mind about cheap German enamels for collar-bearings.

Vetch noted without surprise that Baken wore a hawk-eye talisman made, not of the usual pottery, but one like Haraket sported, cast from silver and inlaid with enamel.

A few of the smallest were encased in cour bouilli, with enameled disks of metals sunk into the wax-boiled leather as decoration and mark of ownership of the personage for whom the chest had been originally wrought.

Alice Lee Langman was a perfected presence, an enameled lady marked with the androgynous quality, that sexually ambivalent aura that seems a common denominator among certain persons whose allure crosses all frontiers-a mystique not confined to women, for Nureyev has it, Nehru had it, so did the youthful Marlon Brando and Elvis Presley, so did Montgomery Clift and James Dean.

This band and the twin handles were inlaid with garnets and scarlet enamel, set off by the gold strips of the cloisons in which the enamel was set.

The magnified images of the newsreels from Cape Kennedy dappled the enamel walls and ceiling, transforming the darkened room into a huge cubicular screen.

Extending over the vat are a number of reels or bobbins, these are best made of wood or enamelled iron.

Varnished Faiences -- Enamelled Faiences -- Silicious Faiences -- Pipeclay Faiences -- Pebble Work -- Feldspathic Faiences -- Composition, Processes of Manufacture and General Arrangements of Faience Potteries -- Stoneware.

She informed me that the Comtesse de Soissons, the Princesse de Monaco, Madame de Soubise, and five or six virtuous dames of this type, had given gold, silver, and enamelled lamps to the most notable churches of the capital.

Before the Town Hall the procession stopped, when the magistrates delivered an address, and gave up to his Majesty the keys of the city in a large enamelled bowl.

Sir John went into the theatre and crossed to a small table, enamelled white, on which were various appliances concerned with the business of giving hypodermic injections.

There were jewelled stars and enamelled crosses worn on sashes of brilliant silk, and all lit by the glittering chandeliers which had been hoisted to the ceiling with their burdens of fine white candles.

I turned my attention to the little image of green enamel ware which Gatton had left with me for examination.