lacquer

• lacker (obsolete)

Borrowed 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).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlæk.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlæk.ɚ/

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• Homophone: lacker
• Rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)

lacquer (countable and uncountable, plural lacquers)

1. A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.

• varnish

lacquer (third-person singular simple present lacquers, present participle lacquering, simple past and past participle lacquered)

1. To apply a lacquer to something or to give something a smooth, glossy finish.

• “lacquer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “lacquer”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “lacquer”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Racquel