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inlay verb

• ornament (an object) by embedding pieces of a different material in it, flush with its surface.
• "mahogany panelling inlaid with rosewood"

inlay noun

• a design, pattern, or piece of material inlaid in something.
• "ivory inlays that decorated wooden furnishings"
• a filling shaped to fit a tooth cavity.
• a printed card or paper insert supplied with a CD, video, etc.
Origin: mid 16th century (in the sense ‘lay something in a place in order to hide or preserve it’): from in-2 ‘into’ + lay1.


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