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Answer for the clue "Inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture ", 11 letters:
marqueterie

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of marquetry English)

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marqueterie \mar"que*te*rie\, marquetry \mar"quet*ry\, n. [F. marqueterie, from marqueter to checker, inlay, fr. marque mark, sign; of German origin. See Mark a sign.] Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, veneer, and the like, of ...

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n. inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture [syn: marquetry ]

Usage examples of marqueterie.

The lamps were lit, and an open Dutch silver spirit-case stood, with some siphons of soda-water and large cut-glass tumblers, on a little marqueterie table.