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lacquers

lacquers is the plural of lacquer.

Meaning of lacquer

Noun

lacquer (countable and uncountable, plural lacquers)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    varnish

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Phrases with lacquers

Questions about lacquers

What is lacquers the plural of?
Lacquers is the plural of lacquer.

Words near lacquers in the dictionary

  1. lacquerista
  2. lacqueristas
  3. lacquerists
  4. lacquerless
  5. lacquerlike
  6. lacquers
  7. lacquerware
  8. lacquerwares
  9. lacquerwork
  10. lacquerworks
  11. lacquey

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