LAC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lac mean? 

• LAC (noun)
  The noun LAC has 1 sense:

1. resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax

  Familiarity information: LAC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("lac" is a kind of...):

animal product (a product made from animal material)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lac"):

garnet lac (lac refined by treating with solvent; garnet-colored)

gum-lac (an inferior lac produced by lac insects in Madagascar)

shellac (lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white)

stick lac (lac in its natural state as scraped off twigs and dried)

seed lac (granular material obtained from stick lac by crushing and washing)

Holonyms ("lac" is a substance of...):

seal; sealing wax (fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters)

shellac; shellac varnish (a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood)