The meaning of Lacquer

Lacquer – definition

noun
A liquid made of shellac dissolved in alcohol, or of synthetic substances, that dries to form a hard protective coating for wood, metal, etc.
Usage examples:
Shot-blasted mild steel finished in grey mottled epoxy lacquer
noun
The sap of the lacquer tree used as a varnish.
Usage examples:
Furthermore, imitative products like varnish which substituted for lacquer generated new industries…
noun
A solution sprayed on to a person's hair to keep it in place; hairspray.
Usage examples:
Rows of peroxide curls rigid with lacquer

verb
Coat with lacquer.
Usage examples:
The object was lacquered to protect the finish
verb
Spray (hair) with hairspray.
Usage examples:
I haven't regularly worn eye pencil since the late 1980s (teamed with sky-high lacquered hair, heav…

noun
A shiny, hard substance that is painted on wood or metal to protect its surface

Lacquer translation into English

Lacquer: translate from English into Chinese

漆, 喷漆, 髹, 真漆

Lacquer: translate from English into Dutch

Lak, Lakken, Lakwerk, Vernis, Vernissen, Verlakken

Lacquer: translate from English into French

Laque, Laquer, Mettre de la laque

Lacquer: translate from English into German

Lack, Lackieren, Lackierung, Haarlack, Nagellack, Haarspray, Spray, Sprayen

Lacquer: translate from English into Hindi

लाह, लाख, लाख लगाना, लाह लगाना, लाख का काम, लाक्षा कर्म, लाख का रोगन

Lacquer: translate from English into Italian

Lacca, Laccare

Lacquer: translate from English into Korean

래커, 칠기, 옻, 칠, 래커를 칠하다, 옻을 칠하다, ...에 래커를 칠하다

Lacquer: translate from English into Russian

Лак, Лакировать, Лакированные изделия, Глазурь, Политура, Покрывать лаком, Покрывать глазурью

Lacquer: translate from English into Spanish

Barniz, Laca, Laquear, Maquear, Pintura al duco, Pintar al duco, Manque

Word origin

late 16th century (denoting lac): from obsolete French lacre ‘sealing wax’, from Portuguese laca (see lac1).

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Lacquer – similar words

lacquering

verb
Coat with lacquer.
Usage examples:
The object was lacquered to protect the finish

noun
A liquid made of shellac dissolved in alcohol, or of synthetic substances, that dries to form a hard protective coating for wood, metal, etc.
Usage examples:
Shot-blasted mild steel finished in grey mottled epoxy lacquer

noun
The sap of the lacquer tree used as a varnish.
Usage examples:
Furthermore, imitative products like varnish which substituted for lacquer generated new industries…

All meanings and translations of Lacquering

lacquered

verb
Coat with lacquer.
Usage examples:
The object was lacquered to protect the finish

adjective
Coated with lacquer.
Usage examples:
White lacquered wood cabinets

adjective
(of hair) sprayed with hairspray.
Usage examples:
A stocky man with a lacquered helmet of black hair

All meanings and translations of Lacquered

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