0 a thin layer of wood that covers a piece of furniture that is made of a cheaper material -- okleina
1 a way of behaving that is not sincere and hides someone's real character or emotions -- fasada czegoś
a thin veneer of calm/respectability
Rather than fading, the segregationists' crime-race argument was reframed, with a slightly different veneer, and became the fulcrum of the conservative's proposed agenda on crime.
The other elevations of the cathedral are also decorated with marble veneer, carving and mosaic.
Alternative viewpoints, as in other areas of society, have to be indulged in as subtexts, understood by initiates while preserving the veneer of normality.
What is required ethically is honesty: self-interest should not, so far as possible, be hidden under a veneer of concern for others.
Noble, doing his best to give the scene a veneer of gentility, could not hide the vile reality.
In its worst guise, a preoccupation with the image leads to a superficial veneer of facadism, arguably a new picturesque, but one devoid of meaning.
Moisture penetrating the veneer of the brick panel is solar heated during the day, causing moisture within the brick panel to evaporate.
Moreover, in woodworking, thinner veneers expanded the ranges of household and office furniture that could be, at least in part, made from scarce or imported hardwoods.
