lacquer

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Recent Examples of lacquer That space is anchored by a big blue table, lacquered in Japanese urushi by artist Jo Nagasaka. Rhonda Richford, WWD, 4 Mar. 2025 Farrow & Ball’s Great White paint lacquers the walls, giving the space a subtle lavender glow. Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 20 Dec. 2024 The chicken wings could be the best of the bunch, with crisp skin lacquered in a sweet and spicy brown sugar glaze. Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024 Key furniture pieces are curved and lacquered in a deep, burgundy shade, a key color of the season. Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 20 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for lacquer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lacquer
Verb
  • Except there’s a mystery, wrapped in an enigma, and coated in a puzzle.
    Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 13 July 2025
  • Chicken and waffles are also popular, and one waffle menu item comes coated in Fruity Pebbles breakfast cereal.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • The coarsest grades of steel wool can strip paint or varnish and remove rust from surfaces.
    Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2025
  • In Pasto, a community gathers around varnishing — from old trade networks between harvesters, carpenters, and varnishers to fairs where artisans demonstrate their craft.
    Gabriela Molina Riascos, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • And if all that hasn’t caused your eyes to glaze over completely, well done, pour yourself a drink.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 1 July 2025
  • The corndog is glazed with a sweet chili butter and topped with jalapeños.
    Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
Verb
  • The resulting record features Taff’s beautiful and reasonably raw covers of tunes by Prince, Bill Withers, U2 and Depeche Mode, for starters, all played for grit, not gloss.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 14 June 2025
  • The liquid-to-matte formula glides on weightlessly, providing all-day wear with food-grade ingredients, and can be easily glossed by layering over with a clear balm.
    Laia Farran Graves, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Define swim lanes for each spokesperson, and then polish the narrative for each.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • Most high school seniors applying to selective colleges this fall don’t need a lot of advice on how to polish their personal essay or list extracurriculars.
    Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025

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“Lacquer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacquer. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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