Definitions for enameling

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enameling e·nam·el·ing

Spelling: [ih-nam-uh-ling]

IPA: /ɪˈnæm ə lɪŋ/

Enameling is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 343 anagrams from letters in enameling (aeegilmnn).

Definitions for enameling

noun

1. the art, act, or work of a person who enamels.
2. a decoration or coating of enamel.
3. a glassy substance, usually opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc., as an ornament or for protection.
4. enamelware.
5. any of various varnishes, paints, coatings, etc., drying to a hard, glossy finish.
6. any enamellike surface with a bright luster.
7. an artistic work executed in enamel.
8. Dentistry. the hard, glossy, calcareous covering of the crown of a tooth, containing only a slight amount of organic substance.

verb (used with object)

1. to inlay or overlay with enamel.
2. to form an enamellike surface upon:
3. to decorate as with enamel; variegate with colors.

Origin of enameling

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at enamel, -ing¹

Examples for enameling

No amount of painting and enameling can restore its youthful bloom.

The process of making an enameled letter has four stages—stamping, enameling, firing, and filing.

The edge of the tray or plate may be decorated either by piercing, embossing, etching, or enameling.

enameling is a style of glaze mostly applied to a stronger, more opaque body, often not porcelain at all.

He was clever with a brush and soon acquired the knack of enameling and varnishing without leaving a sag or a brush mark.

Guy smiled—he had never suspected that Wilfrid felt about the enameling as he himself did.

The process of making the Sèvres ware is not yet published in book form, especially the method of coloring and enameling.

I went to one Mark Antonio, an incomparable artist in enameling.

This method leaves the cover to be decorated in some other way, either by embossing or by enameling or by both.

The worst annoyance must be the enameling of ice our winter woods sometimes get.