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- [lak-er]
- /ˈlæk ər/
- /ˈlæk.ər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [lak-er]
- /ˈlæk ər/
Definitions of lacquer word
- noun lacquer a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added. 1
- noun lacquer any of various resinous varnishes, especially a resinous varnish obtained from a Japanese tree, Rhus verniciflua, used to produce a highly polished, lustrous surface on wood or the like. 1
- noun lacquer Also called lacquer ware, lacquerware. ware, especially of wood, coated with such a varnish, and often inlaid: They collected fine Japanese lacquers. 1
- noun lacquer Slang. any volatile solvent that produces euphoria when inhaled. 1
- verb with object lacquer to coat with lacquer. 1
- verb with object lacquer to cover, as with facile or fluent words or explanations cleverly worded, etc.; obscure the faults of; gloss (often followed by over): The speech tended to lacquer over the terrible conditions. 1
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Origin of lacquer
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
1570-80; earlier leckar, laker < Portuguese lacre, lacar, unexplained variant of laca < Arabic lakk < Persian lâk lac1
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Parts of speech for Lacquer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lacquer popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lacquer
noun lacquer
- varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- glaze — to furnish or fill with glass: to glaze a window.
- layer — protocol layer
- covering — A covering is a layer of something that protects or hides something else.
- finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
verb lacquer
- vitrify — to convert or be converted into glass or a glassy substance
- color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
- pinken — to grow or turn pink.
- incrust — to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- pigmented — a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
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