Materials
Synonyms for veneer
The synonym for veneer recorded in this bank is overlay, in the sense "a thin decorative layer of fine material covering a coarser one". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for veneer
- overlaynoun, in the sense "a thin decorative layer of fine material covering a coarser one"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and veneer carries one sense so far.
a thin decorative layer of fine material covering a coarser one
Beneath the mahogany veneer, the desk was made of cheap plywood.
The true synonym
overlay
Same sentence, swapped: Beneath the mahogany overlay, the desk was made of cheap plywood.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- frame
- hinge
- joint
Where veneer turns up in the game
veneer is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where veneer is the trap
- packingnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is wadding, in the sense "material used to protect goods against damage during shipping", and veneer is on the board beside it.
- debrisnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is detritus, in the sense "scattered fragments of something destroyed or discarded", and veneer is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play veneer
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so veneer reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other materials words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. veneer carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.