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lacquer

12 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) lacquer (noun)
  2. 2) lacquer (verb)
  3. lacquer disc (noun)
  4. lacquer film (noun)
  5. lacquer man (noun)
  6. lacquer tree (noun)
  7. Burmese lacquer (noun)
  8. Chinese lacquer (noun)
  9. Indian lacquer (noun)
  10. Japanese lacquer (noun)
  11. Japanese lacquer tree (noun)
  12. Japan lacquer (noun)

1lac·quer

noun \ˈla-kər\

Definition of LACQUER

1
a : a spirit varnish (as shellac) b : any of various durable natural varnishes; especially : a varnish obtained from an Asian sumac (Rhus verniciflua) —called also Japanese lacquer
2
: any of various clear or colored synthetic organic coatings that typically dry to form a film by evaporation of the solvent; especially : a solution of a cellulose derivative (as nitrocellulose)
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Examples of LACQUER

  1. Many coats of lacquer were applied to the table.

Origin of LACQUER

Portuguese lacré sealing wax, from laca lac, from Arabic lakk, from Persian lak — more at lac
First Known Use: 1592

Rhymes with LACQUER

backer, clacker, cracker, hacker, jacker, knacker, packer, racker, sacker, slacker, smacker, stacker, tacker, tracker, whacker

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