lac

Noun (1)

lac (countable and uncountable, plural lacs)

1. A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.
   • At the turn of the century, the ever-expanding electrical industry was running low on shellac, a resin secreted by the female lac bug which could be used as an insulating material.2019 November 5, Alice Bell, “Can science break its plastic addiction?”, in CNN

Noun (2)

lac (plural lacs)

1. Dated spelling of lakh.
   • […] Lake [i.e., Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake] should not have leisure to breathe for a moment, and calamities would fall on lacs of human beings in continued war by the attacks of his army, which would overwhelm like the waves of the sea.1804, R[obert] Montgomery Martin, quoting Yashwantrao Holkar, “Section II. European Intercourse—Rise and Growth of British Power.”, in The Indian Empire: […], volume I (History, Topography...
   • The Laccadives and Maldives, for instance, meaning literally the "lac of islands" and the "thousand islands," are a series of such atolls; […]1878 August, “Contemporary Portraits. New Series.—No. 8. Charles Darwin, F.R.S.”, in The University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review, volume II, London: Hurst & Blackett, […], →OCLC, page...

Noun (3)

IPA/læs/

lac (countable and uncountable, plural lacs)

1. (colloquial) Laceration.
   • hand lac

Noun (4) capitalized: LAC

LAC pl (plural only)

1. (UK, abbreviation, initialism, plural, plural-only) Initialism of looked-after children.

Noun (5) capitalized: LAC

LAC (countable and uncountable, plural LACs)

1. (abbreviation, acronym, uncountable) Acronym of L-acetylcarnitine (“acetylated L-carnitine”).

   Synonyms:

   ALC, ALCAR

2. (abbreviation, countable) Abbreviation of leading aircraftman.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: LAC

LAC

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Line of Actual Control.
   • Thousands of soldiers have been facing off since April on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), or the de facto border, including at the glacial Pangong Tso lake.2021 February 21, Sanjeev Miglani, Yew Lun Tian, “Hundreds protest S.China project over pollution worries”, in Giles Elgood, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2021
   • However, a major sore point in Indo-Chinese relations remains an ongoing standoff at the countries' de facto border, the Line of Actual Control (LAC), in the Himalayas, which analysts say is indicative of a larger rivalry.2023 August 23, Wesley Rahn, Murali Krishnan, Yuchen Li, “BRICS: Can China and India overcome differences at summit?”, in Shamil Shams, editor, Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 24 Aug...
2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Los Angeles, California.
3. (Canada, US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Los Angeles Clippers.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Lac

Lac

1. A province of Chad.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Lac

Lac (plural Lacs)

1. A surname.

Noun (6) capitalized: LAc

LAc (plural LAcs)

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of licensed acupuncturist.