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lacquer
[ lak-er ]
noun
- a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- 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.
- Also called lacquer ware,. ware, especially of wood, coated with such a varnish, and often inlaid:
They collected fine Japanese lacquers.
- Slang. any volatile solvent that produces euphoria when inhaled.
verb (used with object)
- to coat with 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.
lacquer
/ ˈlækə /
noun
- a hard glossy coating made by dissolving cellulose derivatives or natural resins in a volatile solvent
- a black resinous substance, obtained from certain trees, used to give a hard glossy finish to wooden furniture
- lacquer treeAlso calledvarnish tree an E Asian anacardiaceous tree, Rhus verniciflua, whose stem yields a toxic exudation from which black lacquer is obtained
- Also calledhair lacquer a mixture of shellac and alcohol for spraying onto the hair to hold a style in place
- art decorative objects coated with such lacquer, often inlaid
verb
- tr to apply lacquer to
Derived Forms
- ˈlacquerer, noun
Other Words From
- lac·quer·er noun
- re·lac·quer verb (used with object)
- un·lac·quered adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of lacquer1
Example Sentences
A study in juxtaposition, the soft vulnerability of a melty dumpling is hardened in black lacquer, fixed in time and space.
Kelce has gone the extra mile, buying a onetime muffler shop to expand Operation Breakthrough’s campus and create the Ignition Lab, in which students convert dilapidated jalopies into lacquered, showroom-ready electric vehicles.
Ten feet tall and made of black lacquered wood decorated with gold, the shrine was carried in the Nisei Week Festival parade in Little Tokyo in August 1960, The Times reported.
“Ride the Champion 1 ¢” reads the turquoise sign under the peeling chestnut lacquer of the hooves.
Getting Trumpov ready for court likely means a lengthy session to lacquer on his makeup and coax what remains of his hair into that fluffy combover.
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