Definition of "woodgrain" []

• A veneer made of plastic, vinyl, inferior wood, or other material that is designed to have the appearance and often the texture of finely grained wood. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Innovations such as woodgrain white and coloured foils closely replicate timber frames."
• "The woodgrain border just flaps over the edge of the covers, holding the cellophane (seriously!) in place."
• "Maybe he payed so much because there is a picture of his beloved German Sheppard in the woodgrain? ... if you turn it 90 deg. counterclockwise, or is it a wolf?"