inlay

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Household , Technology , Hospital inlayin‧lay /ˈɪnleɪ/ noun 1 [countable, uncountable]DHT a material which has been set into the surface of furniture, floors etc for decoration, or the pattern made by this a cedarwood casket with gold inlay2 [countable]MH a substance used by a dentist to fill a hole in a decayed tooth Examples from the Corpusinlay• However, its hardness makes it slightly less versatile when it comes to surface decoration such as inlays.• Again the patina is a deep black and contrasts with brightly polished silver, brass and gold inlay decoration.• A gaze, cool as the round marble inlay of a chair back.• I used a very interesting rectangular frame, with a marquetry inlay.• Prominent strips of inlay were left unfinished; awkward patches of pink sandstone intrude into the glistening white of the dome.• But domestic social pressures, with their own inlay of politics, are generally more powerful.• The guitar has a mother-of-pearl inlay on its fret board.• The silver inlays show up as pale areas because they are denser than brass to X-rays.

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