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VARNISHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does varnished mean? 

VARNISHED (adjective)
  The adjective VARNISHED has 1 sense:

1. having a coating of stain or varnishplay

  Familiarity information: VARNISHED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VARNISHED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a coating of stain or varnish

Synonyms:

stained; varnished

Similar:

painted (coated with paint)


 Context examples 


He made his face shine with the punch, so that it looked as if it had been varnished all over.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He drew, he varnished, he carpentered, he glued; he made toys for the children; he fashioned new netting-needles and pins with improvements; and if everything else was done, sat down to his large fishing-net at one corner of the room.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)



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