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FRENCH POLISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does French polish mean?
• FRENCH POLISH (noun)
The noun FRENCH POLISH has 2 senses:
1. the glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac
2. a varnish for wood consisting of shellac dissolved in alcohol
Familiarity information: FRENCH POLISH used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("French polish" is a kind of...):
burnish; gloss; glossiness; polish (the property of being smooth and shiny)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A varnish for wood consisting of shellac dissolved in alcohol
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
French polish; French polish shellac
Hypernyms ("French polish" is a kind of...):
shellac; shellac varnish (a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood)
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