enamel

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \i-ˈna-məl\
- /ɪˈnæm.əl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \i-ˈna-məl\

Definitions of enamel word

noun enamel An opaque or semitransparent glassy substance applied to metallic or other hard surfaces for ornament or as a protective coating. 1
noun enamel coating 1
noun enamel glossy paint 1
noun enamel tooth enamel:hard coating on teeth 1
noun enamel cosmetics: lacquer for nails 1
transitive verb enamel apply coating 1

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enamel popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for enamel

adjective enamel

vitreous — of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.: vitreous china.

verb enamel

coat — A coat is a piece of clothing with long sleeves which you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.
paint — a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.

noun enamel

coating — A coating of a substance is a thin layer of it spread over a surface.
varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
veneer — a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood.
gloss — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
lacquer — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.

All 19 Synonyms of enamel

Antonyms for enamel

noun enamel

dullness — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.

Just one Antonym for enamel

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adjective enamel

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noun enamel

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