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What is "shellac" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does shellac mean in English? Meaning of shellac definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "shellac" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "shellac": lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white

Noun

  • Meaning: lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
  • Synonyms: shellac
  • Hypernyms: lac
  • Substance Holonyms: stick lac

    • Meaning of "shellac": cover with shellac

    Verb

  • Meaning: cover with shellac
  • Example: She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots
  • Synonyms: shellac shellack
  • Hypernyms: seal varnish

    • Meaning of "shellac": a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood

    Noun

  • Meaning: a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood
  • Synonyms: shellac shellac varnish
  • Hyponyms: french polish french polish shellac
  • Hypernyms: varnish
  • Substance Holonyms: lac

    • Synonyms:

    strike, varnish, trounce, defeat,

    Antonyms:

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