From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlacquerlac‧quer1 /ˈlækə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable] 1 AVa liquid painted onto metal or wood to form a hard shiny surface → varnish2 old-fashionedDCB hairspray
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lacquer• Matt lacquer is a quicker alternative with the advantage of impermeability.• Harcourt does not understand why she must hire outside consultants to calculate emission of fumes from a nontoxic lacquer.• You may wish to embellish the controls with rubdown lettering followed by a coat of spray-on protective lacquer as usual.• If so, lacquer might also ward off shipworm.lacquerlacquer2 verb [transitive] 1 AVto cover something with lacquer a black lacquered box2 DCB old-fashioned to use lacquer on your hair→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
lacquer• black lacquered chopsticksOrigin lacquer1 (1500-1600) Portuguese lacré “substance for keeping a letter or document closed”, from laca “hard substance produced by an insect”, from Arabic lakk 