lacquer
A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coatingA glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.
» Have you ever put lacquer on your toenails?
rul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.
Lack
лакlak
лакlak
a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish
Examples
6 sentencesHave you ever put lacquer on your toenails?
Fetch lacquer from the port when it stops raining.
Turpentine is widely used as a solvent in paints, varnishes and lacquers.
deTerpentin wird vielfach als Lösungsmittel in Farben, Firnissen und Lacken verwendet. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR
Doesn't the smell of lacquer bother you? Because I can't stand it.
deStört dich der Lackgeruch nicht? Ich halte ihn jedenfalls nicht aus. — Yorwba
Please do your model building at home! The room's full of the smell of lacquer.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French lacque (“a sort of sealing wax”), from Portuguese laca, lacca (“gum lBorrowed 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.
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Forms
plural: lacquersSynonyms
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10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable