lacquer
UK/ˈlæk.ə//ˈlæk.ɚ/
lacquer noun: a glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.
Noun
lacquer (countable and uncountable, plural lacquers)
- A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.
- 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.1840, Frances Trollope, “Practical Information Carefully Obtained, and Promptly Acted upon— […]”, in The Widow Married; […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 2
- It is a solvent for nitrocellulose and vinyl chloride-acetate resins and may function as an antiblush agent in lacquers.1954, Arthur K. Doolittle, The technology of solvents and plasticizers
- Synonyms:
- varnish
Verb
lacquer (third-person singular simple present lacquers, present participle lacquering, simple past and past participle lacquered)
- To apply a lacquer to something or to give something a smooth, glossy finish.
- […] a strange woman stepped out of the nearest pillar in the Tomb. The woman had long curly red hair under a pillbox hat shaped like one of the lacquered discs where the Beldame had kept her spare monocles.2014, Charlie Jane Anders, The Cartography of Sudden Death
lacquer meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
lacquer in Tamil
- அரக்குச்சாயம், சாயம்போடுதல், திரவ அரக்கு, அரக்கெண்ணெய், அரக்கு, அரக்குப் பூச்சு
lacquer in Urdu
- لاکھ, لاکھ روغن
lacquer in Malayalam
- മഞ്ഞൾനിറമുളള നൈസർഗ്ഗിക വാർണിഷ്, ഒരിനം കൃത്രിമ വാർണിഷ്
lacquer in Kannada
- ಮೆರುಗು, ಮೆರುಗೆಣ್ಣೆ, ವಾರ್ನಿಶ್
More languagesFewer languages
- lacquer in Tagalog
- laka
- lacquer in Arabic
- وَرْنِيش warnīš
- lacquer in Malay
- lakuer
- lacquer in Indonesian
- lak
- lacquer in Thai
- แล็กเกอร์ lɛ́k-gə̂ə
Examples of lacquer in a sentence
- The top coating of lacquer gives this finish a slick look.
- At Iwamadera, the Nio, a distinctive ebony and shiny as lacquer, enhanced their ferocious, don't-mess-with-me muscular stance.
- On the mantelshelf either side of the clock stood two lacquered bronzes of horse and tamer.
Synonyms of lacquer
Forms of lacquer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | lacquers |
| alternative form (obsolete) | lacker |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | lacquers |
| present participle | lacquering |
| past participle | lacquered |
| past | lacquered |
Origin of lacquer
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.
Words formed from lacquer
Phrases with lacquer
Words that rhyme with lacquer
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Questions about lacquer
- What does lacquer mean?
- Lacquer means a glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.
- What is lacquer in Tamil?
- Lacquer in Tamil is அரக்குச்சாயம், சாயம்போடுதல், திரவ அரக்கு. See Lacquer meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is lacquer?
- Lacquer can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce lacquer?
- Lacquer is pronounced /ˈlæk.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lacquer?
- The plural of lacquer is lacquers.
Words near lacquer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lacquer (page history and authors); lacquer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lacquer (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lacquer (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lacquer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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