verb🔗ShareTo place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design."The artist is inlaying small pieces of mother-of-pearl into the wooden box to create a beautiful floral pattern. "artmaterialstyleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo place an inlay in a tooth."The dentist is inlaying a gold filling in my molar to fix the cavity. "medicineanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn inlaid pattern."The coffee table had a beautiful inlaying of different woods, creating a striking pattern. "artstylematerialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading