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inlaid

adjectiveC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,072 of 15,258leans written

Inlaid means decorated with pieces set flush into the surface. An inlaid box, inlaid with mother of pearl, an inlaid table.

Flush is the whole point — inlay sits level with the surface where an applied decoration sits proudly on it, and that is what separates the two crafts. Marquetry is inlay in wood veneer. The past form of inlay is inlaid.

Definitions of inlaid

  1. 1adjectiveinlaidDecorated with pieces set flush into the surface.C1

    “The wooden box had an inlaid lid decorated with pieces of mother-of-pearl.”

inlaid is a quality of decoration.

Where it comes from

inlay comes from in- + lay.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Song of Ice and Fire

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inlaid in the wild

  • The word derives from a Middle French word meaning "inlaid work".

    Marquetry

  • The finest linoleum floors, known as "inlaid", are extremely durable, and are made by joining and inlaying solid pieces of linoleum.

    Linoleum

  • The pattern appears inlaid into the body of the tile, so that the design remains as the tile is worn down.

    Encaustic tile

  • Purfling is a narrow decorative edge inlaid into the top plate and often the back plate of a stringed instrument.

    Purfling

  • Common materials used in the construction of inlaid articles are gold, silver, brass, aluminum and twisted wire.

    Khatam

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