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
  • For a delicious, air fryer-friendly cheese recipe, try coating your cheese in breading.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Some dailies, for example, are coated with phospholipid, which is what cell membranes are made of.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 7 Aug. 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
  • Redistricting: the unlikely issue at the center of Democratic politics Redistricting was once an issue that made voters’ eyes glaze over.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The finished products are cast in ceramic, gold, titanium, steel, or chromium cobalt, then glazed by local artisans to match the patient’s teeth and gums.
    Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Verb
  • This year, as public patience wears thin, the city is trying a different tack: a PR campaign to gloss up the public image of lovebugs.
    Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • Vinegar is one of the most versatile products in the pantry with uses that range from adding pep to coleslaw and barbecue sauce to protecting houseplants and polishing silver.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Between the Trump Administration declaring private accounts a red flag for foreign students and prospective employers using AI to find fake applicants, the old rules of polishing and making your accounts private are becoming obsolete.
    Erin Spencer Sairam, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025

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“Lacquer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacquer. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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