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Definitions for Lacker
[1] lacquer.
[2] a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
[3] any of various resinous varnishes, especially a resinous varnish obtained from a Japanese tree, Rhus verniciflua, used to produce a highly polished, lustrous surface on wood or the like.
[4] Also called lacquer ware, lac·quer·ware . ware, especially of wood, coated with such a varnish, and often inlaid: They collected fine Japanese lacquers.
[5] Slang . any volatile solvent that produces euphoria when inhaled.
[6] to coat with lacquer.
[7] to cover, as with facile or fluent words or explanations cleverly worded, etc.; obscure the faults of; gloss (often followed by over ): The speech tended to lacquer over the terrible conditions.
[8] a variant spelling of lacquer
[9] a hard glossy coating made by dissolving cellulose derivatives or natural resins in a volatile solvent
[10] a black resinous substance, obtained from certain trees, used to give a hard glossy finish to wooden furniture
[11] lacquer tree Also called: varnish tree an E Asian anacardiaceous tree, Rhus verniciflua, whose stem yields a toxic exudation from which black lacquer is obtained
[12] Also called: hair lacquer a mixture of shellac and alcohol for spraying onto the hair to hold a style in place
[13] art decorative objects coated with such lacquer, often inlaid
[14] (tr) to apply lacquer to
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laciniate, lack, lackadaisical, lackaday, lackawanna, lacker, lackey, lackey moth, lacking, lackland air force base, lackluster
Origin of Lacker
quer1570–80; earlier leckar, laker < Portuguese lacre, lacar, unexplained variant of laca < Arabic lakk < Persian lâk lac1
Other words from Lacker
lac·quer·er , noun
re·lac·quer , verb (used with object)
un·lac·quered , adjective
Word origin for Lacker
querC16: from obsolete French lacre sealing wax, from Portuguese laca lac 1
Synonyms for Lacker
abstain, be deprived of, do without, fall short, go short, lack, need, want