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shellac has definitions from the field of color
1
[ noun ] lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white

Related terms

lac stick_lac

2
[ verb ] cover with shellac, as of wooden objects

Examples

"She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"

Related terms

varnish

3
[ noun ] (color) a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood

Synonyms

shellac_varnish

Related terms

varnish french_polish lac

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