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lacquering

lacquering is the present participle and gerund of lacquer.

Meaning of lacquer

Verb

lacquer (third-person singular simple present lacquers, present participle lacquering, simple past and past participle lacquered)

  1. 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

See all 2 meanings of lacquer

Noun

lacquering (plural lacquerings)

  1. An application of lacquer.

Forms of lacquering

plurallacquerings

Questions about lacquering

What does lacquering mean?
Lacquering means an application of lacquer.
What is lacquering the present participle and gerund of?
Lacquering is the present participle and gerund of lacquer.
What part of speech is lacquering?
Lacquering is a noun.
What is the plural of lacquering?
The plural of lacquering is lacquerings.

Words near lacquering in the dictionary

  1. lacquer-ware
  2. lacquerable
  3. lacquered
  4. lacquerer
  5. lacquerers
  6. lacquering
  7. lacquerings
  8. lacquerist
  9. lacquerista
  10. lacqueristas
  11. lacquerists

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