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noun
A material placed such that it overlaps another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, countable, often, uncountable
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noun
A restoration that covers one or more cusps of a tooth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
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verb
To lay or place something on a surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary, transitive
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History
From on- + lay.
From Middle English onleien, onleggen (“to lay or place; impose; attack”). Equivalent to on- + lay.
