LACQUER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lacquer mean? 

• LACQUER (noun)
  The noun LACQUER has 2 senses:

1. a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish

2. a hard glossy coating

  Familiarity information: LACQUER used as a noun is rare.

• LACQUER (verb)
  The verb LACQUER has 1 sense:

1. coat with lacquer

  Familiarity information: LACQUER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LACQUER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

gum (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)

Derivation:

lacquer (coat with lacquer)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A hard glossy coating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

coat; coating (a thin layer covering something)

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

japan (lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient)

Derivation:

lacquer (coat with lacquer)

• LACQUER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they lacquer    ... he / she / it lacquers   
Past simple: lacquered   
Past participle: lacquered   
-ing form: lacquering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coat with lacquer

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

A lacquered box from China

Hypernyms (to "lacquer" is one way to...):

adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)

Domain category:

handicraft (a craft that requires skillful hands)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lacquer"):

japan (coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

lacquer (a hard glossy coating)

lacquer (a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish)

 Context examples 

It is used as an industrial solvent in paints, varnishes, lacquer thinners, gasoline, etc. Benzene causes central nervous system damage acutely and bone marrow damage chronically and is carcinogenic.

(Benzene, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)