lacquer
or lack·er
a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
any of various resinous varnishes, especially a resinous varnish obtained from a Japanese tree, Rhus verniciflua, used to produce a highly polished, lustrous surface on wood or the like.
Also called lacquer ware, lac·quer·ware . ware, especially of wood, coated with such a varnish, and often inlaid: They collected fine Japanese lacquers.
Slang. any volatile solvent that produces euphoria when inhaled.
to coat with lacquer.
to cover, as with facile or fluent words or explanations cleverly worded, etc.; obscure the faults of; gloss (often followed by over): The speech tended to lacquer over the terrible conditions.
Origin of lacquer
1Other words from lacquer
- lac·quer·er, noun
- re·lac·quer, verb (used with object)
- un·lac·quered, adjective
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How to use lacquer in a sentence
This, as you are aware, limits our costumes to those authorized by gold-lackered cabinets and teacups of blue china.
The Passionate Elopement | Compton MackenzieTheir lackered boxes are famous throughout the world, nor are their filigree ornaments unworthy of admiration.
The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 | E. RameurTheir lackered-ware is exceedingly beautiful, but it would not be so prized when it became more common.
The Progress of Ethnology | John Russell Bartlett
British Dictionary definitions for lacquer
/ (ˈlækə) /
a hard glossy coating made by dissolving cellulose derivatives or natural resins in a volatile solvent
a black resinous substance, obtained from certain trees, used to give a hard glossy finish to wooden furniture
lacquer tree Also called: varnish tree an E Asian anacardiaceous tree, Rhus verniciflua, whose stem yields a toxic exudation from which black lacquer is obtained
Also called: hair lacquer a mixture of shellac and alcohol for spraying onto the hair to hold a style in place
art decorative objects coated with such lacquer, often inlaid
(tr) to apply lacquer to
Origin of lacquer
1Derived forms of lacquer
- lacquerer, noun
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