lacquer
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈlæ.kər/
:
laca
- The artist applied a protective coat of lacquer to the wooden sculpture, enhancing its shine.
- lacquer boxes
- lacquer paint
So I'm back to regular lacquer these days.
- So I'm back to regular lacquer these days.
- This is a modern piece of lacquer and it isn't really lacquer at all, but painted.
- Coats of satin lacquer, That's the word.
- But because of that thick lacquer consistency, this lasts forever on your mouth.
- I'm going to be talking about rubbing out lacquer or rubbing down lacquer for a polished finish.
- This is Maybelline vivid hot lacquer in the shade Charmer.
- Gorgeous red lip lacquer, lip gloss, creamy lip gloss.
- They have a new vivid hot lacquer, new eyeshadow palettes.
- Review for the week is this bold lacquer Grow Luscious mascara by Revlon.
Examples
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I just put a fresh coat of lacquer on this, so bear with me with the fumes.
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Dylan placed a rose on the black lacquer surface and stepped back.
Fiction book (1994) -
I'm running a test of what a clear lacquer might look like on that.
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The sign was black lacquer, and the letters were carved into the wood and painted gold.
Fiction book (1997) -
No finer lacquer in the world.
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We had three new coats of lacquer on it and ten coats of wax.
Fiction book (1994) -
Quentin was famous for his lacquer work, and he had a niche creating furniture, objects, and screens.
Fiction book (1995) -
Arkady stepped over and ran his hands over the lacquer finish, still lovingly maintained.
Fiction book (1992) -
The room smelled of sawdust and machine oil, wood and iron, paint and lacquer, but it was remarkably clean.
Fiction book (1992) -
Reflected in the mirror along the well-lighted bar was an elegant black lacquer Yamaha piano facing the south wall.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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1.0
A coloured liquid you put on surfaces to protect or decorate them
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3.9
A protective or decorative layer on a surface
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3.4
A layer of material that covers a surface to protect or decorate it
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4.4
A clear hard shiny layer put on wood to protect it and make it shine
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7.4
A natural hard substance used to make a shiny protective coat on wood or furniture
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3.9
A final layer of paint or finish that protects a surface
A very shiny finish you make on wood by rubbing on thin coats of shellac mixed with alcohol
The last layer of paint or varnish that makes a surface smooth and look complete
The last layer of paint or varnish that makes a surface look complete
A thin layer on wood or metal that protects and looks good
The glass-like layer on an object or the way that layer looks
To put a clear shiny protective coat on wood or the coat left on a surface
Antonyms
Compounds
A small tree from China and Japan that makes a poisonous sap used to make a hard shiny coating
How Shiny
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lacquer comes from an old Indian word lāksha meaning 'resin' and passed into European languages as laca, a word that also appears in English as shellac. So, a lacquer is called that because it was originally the natural resin used to make hard, shiny, protective coatings on wood and metal.