inlaid

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  • Rhymes: -eɪd

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inlaid

  1. simple past and past participle of inlay

Adjective

inlaid (not comparable)

  1. (of a design) Set into a surface in a decorative pattern.
  2. (of the surface of an item) Having an inset decorative pattern.
    • 1994, Tom Clancy, Armored Cav: A Guided Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment, New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 281:
      When the Minister of Defense was about to raise an elegantly worded, logical, and tactful objection, the French president slammed down his bottle of Perrier on the antique, polished, inlaid surface of the cabinet table and told him to shut up and have the men at the airfield in two hours.
    • 2010 December 9, Eve M. Kahn, “Exploring the Art of Louisiana Furniture”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 18 June 2020:
      In 2003, at Neal Auction Company in New Orleans, an 1810s mahogany armoire inlaid with ribbons and vines brought $140,000 (the presale estimate was $30,000 to $50,000).

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