shellac
English Thesaurus
1. a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | varnish, |
| definition | : | a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface (noun.artifact) |
| substance holonym | : | lac, |
| definition | : | resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax (noun.substance) |
2. lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | lac, |
| definition | : | resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | stick lac, |
| definition | : | lac in its natural state as scraped off twigs and dried (noun.substance) |
3. cover with shellac (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | seal, varnish, |
| definition | : | cover with varnish (verb.contact) |
4. a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood (noun.artifact)
5. cover with shellac (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | shellac, shellac varnish, |
| definition | : | a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | shellac, |
| definition | : | lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white (noun.substance) |
6. a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood (noun.artifact)
7. cover with shellac (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | shellac, shellac varnish, |
| definition | : | a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | shellac, |
| definition | : | lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white (noun.substance) |
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