inlay

inlay has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• v. t.. 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.
• n.. Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety.
• n.. a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface
• n.. (dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place
• v.. decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal