lacquer

[US]/'lækə/
[UK]/'lækɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to coat with varnish; to give a glossy finish
n. a type of varnish; an object coated with varnish

Phrases & Collocations

lacquerware

lacquer painting

lacquer finish

raw lacquer

lacquer film

wood lacquer

Example Sentences

Birds and flowers in polychrome lacquer lined with gold. 2. Coromandel lacquer piece with KuanVin figure and child.

The red lacquer work on the upper wall was badly chipped.

He has planned to lacquer the old table.

The secundine is expected to be hung over a lacquer tree as the lacquer tree has lacquer milk, an omen that the calf or the pony would have adequate milk.

The kit is painted with GSI and Alclad II lacquer paint.

The said raw lacquer possesses good antiweatherability, ageing resistance, resistance to ultraviolet radiation, abrasive resistance and adhesive force.

Acrylic perchloroviny enamel lacquer has good resistance to weather and corrosion.Its film is of rapid drying,smooth ,bright and polishable.

About the precious cultural heritage, we should study it with awestricken attitudes and take care of it.Passing on the lacquer-ware craft will beautify our life and inherit our culture.

The application that waits for Lin Hua product as to colophony, terebinthine, Chan Ning, raw lacquer, tung-oil, white wax, pigment also has long history.

Lacquer timber surface gives heavy blackening: The likelihood is knag going up Qi Qian was not sealed, classics sun is basked in, knag be heated, colophony from knag inside oozy and cause.

Real-world Examples

Whoa, whoa! Get your feet down. This is fresh lacquer.

Source: Frozen Selection

The lathe is the machine that cuts the lacquer.

Source: Connection Magazine

By the morning it was lacquered with bugs.

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) October 2016 Collection

The process of electroplating entails covering the lacquer in silver nitrate and dipping it into a nickel bath.

Source: Connection Magazine

There is one company in the world that makes the lacquers that we use.

Source: Connection Magazine

And the lacquer trees aren't the only ones at risk.

Source: National Geographic: The Terracotta Army of China

The stamper is a reverse image of the lacquer.

Source: Connection Magazine

It was this extraordinary black and lacquer red and was used for photographs.

Source: Chronicle of Contemporary Celebrities

Just breathing lacquer fumes during this interview triggered another reaction two days later.

Source: National Geographic: The Terracotta Army of China

This lacquer coffin was made in the early Western Han Dynasty, just after 200 BC.

Source: If national treasures could speak.

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