enamel
珐琅,搪瓷,珐琅质,珐琅彩
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- : a glassy substance, usually opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc., as an ornament or for protection.
- : enamelware.
- : any of various varnishes, paints, coatings, etc., drying to a hard, glossy finish.
- : any enamellike surface with a bright luster.
- : an artistic work executed in enamel.
- : Dentistry. the hard, glossy, calcareous covering of the crown of a tooth, containing only a slight amount of organic substance.
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e·nam·eled, e·nam·el·ing or e·nam·elled, e·nam·el·ling.
- : to inlay or overlay with enamel.
- : to form an enamellike surface upon: to enamel cardboard.
- : to decorate as with enamel; variegate with colors.
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The bacteria ferment those things, creating natural acids that start to dissolve the tooth enamel, similar to how water combines with carbon dioxide to dissolve limestone in a cave.
This lowers the pH in your mouth and can cause enamel demineralization, a precursor to cavities.
Like the gap left behind after losing a tooth — the ragged, sore space in your mouth always felt larger than the tiny bit of enamel that fell out.
Examination of layers of enamel in fossil teeth shows that early hominids were getting their first molar at age 3, twice as fast as us.
Anyone who had lead in childhood tooth enamel was almost certainly born locally.
Eventually, the fire sale extended to his personal belongings—including a $20 enamel teapot.
The chicken was cut into large chunks and all the blood from both birds sat in a dirty old enamel jug.
Fortunately, childhood is protected by a resisting candour, by an enamel over which all impurities glide.
The room was large, high-domed; the walls covered with gold and colored enamel in fantastic arabesques.
Grisel took a little silver and enamel cigarette box out of her pocket and put it on the table.
Years and etiquette combined have led her Majesty to the thraldom of the rouge and enamel pot.