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Definition of Inlay
1. Verb. Decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal.
Generic synonyms: Adorn, Beautify, Decorate, Embellish, Grace, Ornament
Specialized synonyms: Hatch, Damascene
2. Noun. (dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place.
3. Noun. A decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface.
Specialized synonyms: Marqueterie, Marquetry, Parqueterie, Parquetry
Definition of Inlay
1. v. t. To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, ivory, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions.
2. n. Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety.
Definition of Inlay
1. Noun. The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration. ¹
2. Verb. To place pieces of a foreign material within another material to form a decorative design. ¹
3. Verb. (dentistry) To fill a tooth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inlay
1. to set into a surface [v -LAID, -LAYING, -LAYS]
Medical Definition of Inlay
1. To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, iviry, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions. "Look,how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold." (Shak) "But these things are . . . Borrowed by the monks to inlay their story." (Milton) Origin: Inlaied; Inlaying. Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc, inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety. "Crocus and hyacinth with rich inlay Broidered the ground." (Milton) "The sloping of the moonlit sward Was damask work, and deep inlay Of braided blooms." (Tennyson) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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