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   lacquer

   /ˈlakə/

   noun

   • 1. a liquid made of shellac dissolved in alcohol, or of synthetic substances, that dries to form a hard protective coating for wood, metal, etc.: "shot-blasted mild steel finished in grey mottled epoxy lacquer"
   • 2. the sap of the lacquer tree used as a varnish.
   • ▪ decorative wooden articles coated with lacquer: "a lacquer box"
   • 3. a solution sprayed on to a person's hair to keep it in place; hairspray: British "rows of peroxide curls rigid with lacquer"

   verb

   • 1. coat with lacquer: "the object was lacquered to protect the finish"
   • 2. spray (hair) with hairspray. British

   Word Origin late 16th century (denoting lac): from obsolete French lacre ‘sealing wax’, from Portuguese laca (see lac1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. lacquerer noun

   Scrabble Points: 18

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