lacquer

CEFRB2

/ˈlæk.ə/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A liquid coating that dries to form a hard, shiny surface.

  2. 02

    verb

    To cover something with a hard, shiny protective coating.

Examples

  • Doesn't the smell of lacquer bother you? Because I can't stand it.

  • Fetch lacquer from the port when it stops raining.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To apply a lacquer to something or to give something a smooth, glossy finish.

  2. A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.

More examples

In context

  • Please do your model building at home! The room's full of the smell of lacquer.

  • It is a solvent for nitrocellulose and vinyl chloride-acetate resins and may function as an antiblush agent in lacquers.

  • Had he deemed it "wisest, best," Mr. O'Donagough was not without the means of furnishing a splendid mansion in very showy style, and yet not leaving a single morsel of lacker, or or-molu, unpaid for.

Synonyms

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The artist applied a shiny blank to protect the wooden sculpture from moisture and dust.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from French lacque (“a sort of sealing wax”), from Portuguese laca, lacca (“gum lac”), from Persian لاک (lâk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā). Doublet of lac.