onlay
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
Definition of onlay
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (literary, transitive)To lay or place something on a surface.
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verb
- (literary, transitive)To lay or place something on a surface.
noun
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(attributive, countable, often, uncountable)A material placed such that it overlaps another.
“Umbilical hernias in many centers are best managed with the use of polypropylene mesh placed in the onlay position or Ventralex-type mesh (Bard Davol) placed intraperitoneally in patients under local anesthesia in a day-surgery setting.”
- (countable, uncountable)A restoration that covers one or more cusps of a tooth.
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Etymology
From Middle English onleien, onleggen (“to lay or place; impose; attack”). Equivalent to on- + lay.
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